Ugley
Statistics Population: 430 (1991) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: Maps for TL520284 Administration District: Uttlesford County: Essex Region: East of England Nation: England Other Ceremonial county: Essex Traditional county: Essex Post office and telephone Post town: BISHOP'S STORTFORD Postcode: - style="vertical-align: top;" Dialling code: 01799 Politics UK Parliament: Saffron Walden European Parliament: East of England
Ugley (pronounced "Usley") is a Village located just off the former A11 road (now the B1383) in the Non-metropolitan district of Uttlesford in Essex, England. It is about two miles (3 km) north of Stansted Mountfitchet.
Ugley was first recorded in 1041 as Uggele. It appears in the Domesday Book as Ugghelea. The name probably means "woodland clearing of a man named Ugga."
Within Ugley there are several buildings of the 16th and 17th centuries. The church has a 13th century nave and a Tudor brick tower.
One of Ugley's organisations, of long repute, is the Ugley Women's Institute. Its members became so annoyed with all the witticisms that they recently changed its name to "The Women's Institute (Ugley branch)."