Sawbridgeworth
Sawbridgeworth
The town of Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire is a historic town with a long and rich history.
The town is situated on the River Lea, and was once an important river crossing point and has a number of interesting landmarks, including the Grade I listed St Mary’s Church and the Sawbridgeworth War Memorial.
The town is also home to a number of businesses and shops, as well as sawbridgeworth sawmills sawyer school hertfordshire england.
Created: 13 August 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Sawbridgeworth
Local History around Sawbridgeworth
There are some historic monuments around including:
Harlowbury deserted medieval villageSite of Parndon HallLittle Parndon moated siteMoated site in Mathams WoodWaytemore Castle: a motte and bailey castle immediately south of the River StortSpringhall Lane causewayed enclosureWallbury campNetteswellbury Barn, NetteswellBowl barrow 230m north of Harlow HospitalRAF Sawbridgeworth World War II airfield defencesHarlow Roman templeRoman villa 500m north east of HarlowburyThe Ryes moated siteBowl barrow 110m north-east of Harlow HospitalWynters Armourie moated siteOld Rectory moated site, Glebe HouseBowl barrow 140m north of Harlow HospitalPassmores House moated site, immediately south of Todd BrookBowl barrow, 240m N of The KennelsChapel at HarlowburyThe Mount moated site and associated deer-pen enclosure and park pale, Gilston Park, EastwickLea Hall moated siteMoated site known as Tadgells, 100m south west of The Cottage.Wildlife in and Around Sawbridgeworth
Mammals found in Sawbridgeworth
There have been 33 species of mammals recorded in the sawbridgeworth area.
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Common Shrew (Sorex araneus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi) |
| Coypu (Myocastor coypus) |
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Birds found in Sawbridgeworth
There have been 50 species of birds recorded in the sawbridgeworth area.
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) |
| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) |
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Fish found in Sawbridgeworth
There have been 15 species of fish recorded in the sawbridgeworth area.
| Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) |
| Bullhead (Cottus gobio) |
| Chub (Squalius cephalus) |
| Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) |
| Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) |
| Bream (Abramis brama) |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
| Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius) |
| Eel (Anguilla anguilla) |
| Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) |
