on and so have their social and economic ambitions. The positive aspects of those changes were consolidated when local residents Alice Olley and Seamus McNally campaigned to have the village identity recognized, culminating in the creation of a new civil parish, Alice going on to be the first ever chair of Sewards End Parish Council. parish council. Village life is also enhanced through the successful and active village hall and thriving parish church, St James. Conservation The increasing affluence of the area has also seen several examples of sympathetic restoration to local properties such as "Campions", "Satis House", "Wheel Hall Cottage" and more recently "Sewards End Farmhouse". See also The Hundred Parishes References External links Villages in Essex Uttlesford