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Dist:0.3km<br/>A1016 (A12 de-trunked) looking back towards Chelmsford.
©John Myers
Dist:0.3km<br/>This bridge carries the A1016 (nee A12) London bound carriageway over the River Wid at the northern end of Three Mile Hill. The photo was taken looking upstream.
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.4km<br/>Marconi took over a former silk mill in Chelmsford in 1898 and established it as the world´s first radio factory - the Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company Limited. The Marconi Company´s manufacturing business in Chelmsford expanded so rapidly that a new factory was built in 1912 in New Street. In June 1920 the first publicised entertainment broadcast in England was transmitted from the New Street site when Australian prima donna Dame Nellie Melba sang at a concert sponsored by the Daily Mail. Permission was given to transmit regular entertainment broadcasts, and a station was set up at the hut at Writtle. Using its call sign Two Emma Toc (2MT), it began transmitting in February 1922.
©Robin Lucas
Dist:0.4km<br/>On the A414, formerly the A12 here before the latest bypass was built.
©Robin Webster
Dist:0.5km<br/>Carrying the London to Norwich line over the River Wid, south of Chelmsford.
©Paul Franks
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©William Metcalfe
Dist:0.5km<br/>A cycle route emerges from the park wall on the left and continues down the broad verge.
©Robin Webster
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©Robin Lucas
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©Robin Lucas
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©Paul Franks
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©David Howard
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©Robert Edwards
Dist:0.6km<br/>Over 570 acres of landscaped parkland surround the magnificent Hylands House.
©Robin Lucas
Dist:0.6km<br/>The farm stands opposite Hylands Park.
©Robert Edwards
Dist:0.7km<br/>The hospital is made up of several buildings of various dates and these are the oldest. They were once part of the former Chelmsford Union Workhouse that was built during the Victorian era to give work and lodgings for the poor. They are no longer used by the hospital but are scheduled for conservation by English Heritage.
©Robert Edwards

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