The series concerns three young men who avoided going to fight during the First World War, written by and starring Simon Bird and Joe Thomas. The village is on the route of the Dunwich Dynamo annual cycle ride. Notable people Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel Norman Lewis, travel writer, novelist, founder of Survival International Dodie Smith, author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians A J A Symons, author of The Quest For Corvo, an acclaimed biography of the author Frederick Rolfe. Janie Terrero (1858 – 1944), militant suffragette born here. Jamie Oliver, chef, TV personality and author Gallery See also The Hundred Parishes References External links Images of Finchingfield Cliff Lawson's tribute to Finchingfield Villages in Essex Civil parishes in Essex Braintree District