Castle Hedingham
Castle Hedingham is a small village in north-east Essex, UK, located four miles west of Halstead and is situated in the valley of the River Colne on the ancient road from Colchester, Essex, to Cambridge. It developed around Hedingham Castle, the ancestral seat of the de Veres, Earls of Oxford. Hugh de Vere, fourth earl of Oxford, purchased the right to hold a market in the town of the crown in the mid-13th century. He also founded a hospital just outside the gates of the castle around 1250. The village's main attractions are the well-preserved Norman castle and the Colne Valley Railway. It features many timber-framed medieval buildings and a parish church, St. Nicholas, which is renowned for its Hammerbeam roof, Romanesque wheel window, and de Vere heraldry. The churchyard contains a Norman cross.
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