Quendon

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Quendon
Quendon shown within Essex
Population	450
OS grid reference	TL514305
Parish	Quendon and Rickling
District	Uttlesford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Saffron Walden
Postcode district	CB11
Dialling code	01799
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Saffron Walden
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Coordinates: 51°57′09″N 0°12′06″E / 51.95239, 0.20169

Quendon is a linear village in the English county of Essex.

Quendon is located on the B1383 (formerly the A11 trunk road) between Saffron Walden and Bishop's Stortford. Its road lost trunk road status due to the opening of the parallel M11 motorway.

Quendon is part of Quendon and Rickling civil parish and the district of Uttlesford.

The first mention of a postal service in the village was in 1793 and Quendon had a Penny Post service from 1813. The village post office closed in February 2008.

[edit] Notable residents

The diarist and writer William Winstanley lived in the village in the 17th century, in a Tudor farmhouse called Berries. Under the pseudonym Poor Robin Goodfellow, he wrote about the joys of celebrating Christmas. This helped to restore the custom of such celebrations after a period when they had been banned by the Puritans.^[1]