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4 unusual facts about Great Dunmow


Bringing home the bacon

The tradition originated in a 12th-century custom linked to the town of Great Dunmow, England.

Dunmow

Great Dunmow, a town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England

Great Dunmow

Lionel Lukin (18 May 1742 - 16 February 1834 - considered by some to have been the inventor of the unsinkable lifeboat, designs for which he tested on the Doctor's Pond.

The site of the former air field is now owned by Land Securities who hope to build a development including around 9,000 homes alongside significant supporting community, commercial and retail infrastructure, intending to call it Easton Park.



see also

Dunmow

Little Dunmow, a village located about 3 miles outside the town of Great Dunmow