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Coordinates:51°44′44″N0°45′29″E / 51.7455°N 0.7581°E /51.7455; 0.7581

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Village in Essex, England

Human settlement in England

Goldhanger

Goldhanger Location withinEssex
Population	654 (2011)^[1]
Civil parish	Goldhanger
District	Maldon
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Maldon
Postcode district	CM9
Dialling code	01621

Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England

UK Parliament	Witham
List of places UK England Essex 51°44′44″N0°45′29″E / 51.7455°N 0.7581°E /51.7455; 0.7581

Goldhanger is a village and acivil parish on theB1026 road in theMaldon District, in the county ofEssex, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 654.

Goldhanger had an agricultural museum^[2] and has a church dedicated toSt Peter. Goldhanger is at the head of a short creek, on the north side of the estuary of theRiver Blackwater, 4 miles (6.4 km) east northeast of the town ofMaldon.

There are eight roads in Goldhanger: Head Street, Fish Street, Church Street, St Peter's Close, Maldon Road, Hall Estate, Sorrell Close, and finally Blind Lane.

The village is directly between Maldon andTolleshunt D'Arcy and also has direct passage to theRiver Blackwater.

The place-nameGoldhanger is first attested in theDomesday Book of 1086, where it appears asGoldhangra. The name means 'slope where marigold grew', from theOld Englishgolde meaningmarigold.^[3]