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Great Dunmow Through the Ages
1086
Seven Manors recorded in
Domesday Book
1104
Origins of the
Dunmow Flitch Trials
1215
Robert Fitzwalter
of Dunmow led the Barons and made
King John
sign the
Magna Carta
1253
First Market Charter granted
1280
Norman families funded building of the
Parish Church
1555
Charter granted Borough status
1556
Local martyr
Thomas Bowyer
died for his faith during the
Reformation
1601
Local martyr
Anne Higham Line
died for her faith during the
Reformation
1640
Dunmow mainly supported
Oliver Cromwell
1662
Local gentry welcomed
King Charles II
1710
John Fordham was making clocks in the town
1740
Manual fire engine purchased
1784
Lionel Lukin
tested the first unsinkable lifeboat on the Doctor's Pond
1803
Richard Randall founded his brewery
1840
Dunmow Union Workhouse
opened
1843
Police station built
1855
Harrison Ainsworth
revived the
Dunmow Flitch Trials
& horse-drawn fire engine built
1869
Railway
came to Dunmow
1894
Parish Council & General Post Office Service established
1908
Flitch Bacon Company founded
1956
Armorial Bearings
granted
1990
Town Council established
2000
First Dunmow Mayor elected
2001
Great Dunmow Museum opened
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