Sandon is a small village just off junction 17 of the A12 in Essex, adjacent to Great Baddow and close to Danbury. It was known for an ancient oak tree covering most of the village green. This rare Spanish oak was planted in 1888 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, and was removed for safety reasons in 2000 after collapsing due to long-standing fungal infection (this oak tree was used by a local artist for many of his paintings, and was repr...
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Sandon is a small village just off junction 17 of the A12 in Essex, adjacent to Great Baddow and close to Danbury. It was known for an ancient oak tree covering most of the village green. This rare Spanish oak was planted in 1888 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, and was removed for safety reasons in 2000 after collapsing due to long-standing fungal infection (this oak tree was used by a local artist for many of his paintings, and was represented on the village sign for several years). Three new oak trees were planted on the village green to continue its legacy and mark Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee.
Sandon has a secondary School, which is on Molrams Lane, which marks the border between Sandon and Great Baddow.
The Sandon School in Chelmsford, Essex is a 11-18 mixed comprehensive of 1200 students and is a specialist College in Mathematics and Computing which has just received redesignation offering a two year Key Stage 3 in English, Mathematics, ICT and Science.
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