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Chigwell

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Chigwell

Suburb in the borough of Redbridge, northeast Greater London, England; population (2001) 10,100. It is situated 21 km/13 mi northeast of central London, on the borders of Hainault Forest and Epping Forest. The Maypole Inn in Chigwell appears in Dickens's novel Barnaby Rudge.

William Penn was a pupil at the local grammar school, which was founded in 1629 by Archbishop Harsnet of York, and later enlarged in 1871.



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It happened that that night, an old gentleman who lived at Chigwell Row, and had long been poorly, deceased, and an order came to me at half after twelve o'clock at night to go and toll the passing-bell.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
Willet, after the incursion of the rioters into his bar at Chigwell.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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