Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Thaxted within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Thaxted, small town and par., Essex, on river Chelmer, 6 miles N. of Dunmow, 6252 ac., pop. 1914; P.O., T.O.; was a bor. from the time of Mary till that of James II.; Samuel Purchase (1577-1628), author of works of travel and exploration, was a native.
A village in Dunmow hundred, in the county of Essex.