Thaxted

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Thaxted is a small town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, with a population of around 2,600 people.

Notable buildings in the town include Horham Hall, Thaxted Guildhall dating from around 1450 and John Webb's Windmill built in 1804. Thaxted is also a centre for morris dancing.

The composer Gustav Holst was a long term resident and sections of his most famous work, the Planets, was written there. The town has given its name to the tune of I Vow to Thee, My Country, the main theme from the Jupiter movement, which also has been used for other hymns.

Thaxted was the venue for the founding of the "Morris Ring" in 1934. The Morris Ring is the National Association of Morris Dancers. "Morris" being a traditional form of English folk dance.

The author Diana Wynne Jones, writer of Howl's Moving Castle and many others, was raised in the village.Template:Essex-geo-stub