Great Dunmow

A small Roman town developed at the junction between Stane Street and the Roman roads which ran north-east to south-west from Sudbury to London, and north-west to south-east from Cambridge to Chelmsford. The main settlement area spread westwards from the road junction, with cemeteries on the outskirts. There is also evidence of Roman settlement at Church End, 0.5 miles north of the main settlement at the road junction; this site likely included a rural Roman Temple. It is unclear whether the Roman settlements at Dunmow remained in continuous occupation following the end of Roman rule in Britain in the 5th century. The site at Church End had been reoccupied by 951 AD, during the Saxon era,…

The town museum, the Maltings Museum, is on Mill Lane and covers local history. Great Dunmow is also the home of Talliston House & Gardens, an ex-council house transformed by owner John Tarrow (née Trevillian) into 'Britain's most extraordinary home' (The Times). The house and gardens have been open to the public since 2015 and include 13 fantasy locations, each set in a different time and place. The Old Town Hall, which is in the Market Place, dates from the 16th century.