Beautiful Flowers for Chelmsford in Essex. providing flowers and gifts for all occasions including Birthdays and Weddings, Funerals and Anniversaries and so much more in Chelmsford. Blossom Florists operate from a flower studio rather than a florists shop in Chelmsford, this means no display flowers being handled by other customers before you buy. Our flowers are delivered fresh everyday and therefore are only handled once by our florists before being included in your flower bouquet or funeral arrangement or wedding flowers. This also means we are able to provide great value for money hence free delivery and 5% online discount Choose to add on gifts such as chocolates or teddy or balloons. Call Chelmsford 01245 708085 or email [email protected]Chelmsford Flower Delivery
At Blossom Florists we pride ourselves on delivery great value for money, the freshest possible blooms and excellent florist customer service in Chelmsford and other towns and villages in Essex. As a florist we can deliver many gifts in Chelmsford including handtied bouquets, wedding flowers, funeral tributes and gift baskets. We don't charge delivery in Chelmsford in Essex.| M. Lucking & Sons Funeral Home, 195 New London Rd, Chelmsford CM2 0AE, 01245 353733 Adam & Greenwood Funeral Director, 73 Rainsford Ln, Chelmsford CM1 2QS, Phone:01245 496620 Hunnaball of Chelmsford, St John's House, 91 Wood Street, Chelmsford CM2 8BH, Phone:01245 290909 Chelmsford Star Co-operative Funerals, 78 Broomfield Rd, Chelmsford CM1 1SS, Phone:01245 353978 Pennack T & Sons Funeral Director, 3 Maldon Rd, Great Baddow, CM2 7DW, Phone:01245 471157 Chelmsford Star Co-operative Funerals, 348 Baddow Rd, Chelmsford CM2 9RA, Phone:01245 268993 A brief History Chelmsford Cathedral The 18-arch Victorian Railway Viaduct that carries the Great Eastern Main Line through Central Park Chelmsford Early history In 1199, following the commissioning of a bridge over the River Can by Maurice, Bishop of London, William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise was granted a Royal Charter for Chelmsford to hold a market, marking the origin of the modern town. An under-cover market, operating Tuesday to Saturday, is still an important part of the city centre over 800 years later. The city's name is derived from Ceolmaer's ford which was close to the site of the present High Street stone bridge. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the town was called Celmeresfort and by 1189 it had changed to Chelmsford. Its position on the Londinium – Camulodonum Roman road (the modern A12) ensured the early prosperity of Chelmsford; in the first decade of the 12th century its population had grown to several hundred, which was large for its time. Before 1199, there were settlements nearby from ancient times. A Neolithic and a late Bronze Age settlement have been found in the Springfield suburb, and the town was occupied by the Romans. A Roman fort was built in AD 60, and a civilian town grew up around it. The town was given the name of Caesaromagus' (the market place of Caesar), although the reason for it being given the great honour of bearing the Imperial prefix is now unclear – possibly as a failed 'planned town' provincial capital to replace Londinium or Camulodunum. The remains of a mansio, a combination post office, civic centre and hotel, lie beneath the streets of modern Moulsham, and the ruins of an octagonal temple are located beneath the Odeon roundabout. Great Leighs. The town disappeared for a while after the Romans left Britain. The town became the seat of the local assize during the early 13th century (though assizes were also held at Brentwood) and by 1218 was recognised as the county town of Essex, a position it has retained to the present day. Chelmsford was significantly involved in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, and Richard II moved on to the town after quelling the rebellion in London. 'The Sleepers and The Shadows', written by Hilda Grieve in 1988 using original sources, states: "For nearly a week, from Monday 1st July to Saturday 6th July [1381], Chelmsford became the seat of government ... The king probably lodged at his nearby manor house at Writtle. He was attended by his council, headed by the temporary Chancellor ... the new chief justice ... the royal chancery ... Their formidable task in Chelmsford was to draft, engross, date, seal and despatch by messengers riding to the farthest corners of the realm, the daily batches of commissions, mandates, letters, orders and proclamations issued by the government not only to speed the process of pacification of the kingdom, but to conduct much ordinary day to day business of the Crown and Government." Richard II famously revoked the charters which he had made in concession to the peasants on 2 July 1381, while in Chelmsford. It could be said that given this movement of government power, Chelmsford for a few days at least became the capital of England. Many of the ringleaders of the revolt were executed on the gallows at what is now Primrose Hill. |
