About Elsenham
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The village is best known for Elsenham Jam, which was produced on the Elsenham estate of Sir Walter Gilbey, fruits grown in the orchards of Elsenham Hall were made into preserves in the kitchens there and marketed with the slogan, "the most expensive jam in the world". Elsenham Jam is no longer produced in Elsenham, the company having moved to Wales. Lavender was also grown and used in the making of Lavender Water. Sir Walter was also a partner with his brother Arthur in the wine and spirits industry and they founded the company now known as Gilbey Vintners which was based at Harlow. Sir Walter Gilbey was responsible for the building of several houses in the village, including the first Policemans house in Park Road. He also built the Pump House in Park Road, during the War, the gold-leafed dome was covered by a tarpaulin.
Between 1801 and 1848, the population of Elsenham rose from 348 to 491. The Northern & Eastern railway was opened between 1840 and 1845, extending from Stratford to Ely and it ran in close company with the Newmarket Turnpike. In 1847, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert rode through the village in the train on their way from Tottenham to Cambridge. Elsenham Station was then at Fullers End but it was moved to its present site soon after it was built because the gradient from Fullers End was too steep for the engines to start off on their journey to Cambridge.
The village has a long rich history that goes back for centuries. In records the name is written as, Alsenham, Elsingham, Elsinham, and Elsynham. The earliest records that we have show us that the Doomsday Survey noted that Takeley and Elsenham formed part of the densely wooded district in Essex. In Edward the Confessors time a freewoman named Merunaand, a man called Lestan owned the land. It is at this time that we find the earliest records of Elsenham Church, when in 1070 John, nephew of Waleran, gave it as an endowment to the Abbey of St. Stephen at Caen in Normandy. This gift was confirmed by Henry I in 1100, by Henry II in 1154 and by Richard I in 1189.
It was during Richard Ist reign that the church, now with a chancel and nave, was given to the Benedictine Priory of Walden by Beatrice, Lady Say. It is not known exactly when the present church was built.