Editing Thaxted (section)

==Governance==
Thaxted Parish Council consists of 11 elected members who each serve a term of 4 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thaxted |url=https://www.thaxted.co.uk/index.php |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=www.thaxted.co.uk}}</ref> The [[Parish councils in England|parish council]] is responsible for managing certain amenities and open spaces, including the Recreation Ground and Sports Pavilion, the [[John Webb's Mill, Thaxted|Windmill]], Bolford Street Hall, the allotments, the public car parks in Park Street and Margaret Street, the public toilets, Margaret Street Gardens and the green space at [[Cutlers Green]].

Thaxted lies within the Thaxted and the Eastons Ward for [[Uttlesford|Uttlesford District Council]] which elects two representatives to serve on the district council. Thaxted lies within the Thaxted Division (or super ward) for [[Essex County Council]], which also covers the surrounding villages of Ashdon, Debden, Little Dunmow, the Eastons, Felsted, Hempstead, the Sampfords, Stebbing and Wimbish, and elects one county councillor.

The Thaxted [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] had a recorded population of 5,291 at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thaxted & the Eastons |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05009930-thaxted--the-eastons |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=censusdata.uk |language=en}}</ref>

Thaxted acquired [[Ancient borough|borough]] status sometime in the fifteenth century.<ref name=":2" /> It was incorporated by charter in 1556 as a borough and "body corporate and politic", governed by a common council of twenty-four "capital burgesses" including an elected mayor, and seated at the Guildhall<ref name=":4" /> The borough status lapsed in 1686,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Guildhall|url=https://www.thaxted.co.uk/index.php/tourism/places-to-visit/the-guildhall|access-date=2020-10-03|website=thaxted.co.uk}}</ref> but Thaxted continues to be referred to as a "town" by its inhabitants.