High Wych
Village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire, England
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High Wych is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village is located a little over one mile south-west of the town of Sawbridgeworth, and around three miles north-east of Harlow in the neighbouring county of Essex. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 841.
| High Wych | |
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St James Church, High Wych | |
  High Wych Location within Hertfordshire | |
| Population | 841 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL463143 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SAWBRIDGEWORTH |
| Postcode district | CM21 |
| Dialling code | 01279 |
| Police | Hertfordshire |
| Fire | Hertfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
The parish includes the settlements of Great Pennys, Trimms Green, Sacombs Ash, Allens Green, Chandlers, Carters, Rook End, Hoskins and Sayes Park.[2] The village contains a Church of England primary school[3] and a late 19th-century church, St James, with a marble reredos[2] and a Father Willis organ.[4] A moated site is all that remains of the medieval residence of Mathams.[2] There is also a Georgian historical house called the Manor of Groves which is now a hotel.
High Wych was historically part of the parish of Sawbridgeworth. It became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1862.[5] High Wych remained part of the civil parish of Sawbridgeworth until 1 April 1901 when it also became a separate civil parish.[6]
