About the Council
Harlow Council is a District Council that provides services such
as refuse and recycling collection, housing, environmental health,
electoral registration, planning and building control, parks and
leisure. The town has around 80,000 residents in 37,000
households.
The Council has a Conservative administration and 33 elected
Members with 18 Conservative, 10 Labour and 5
Liberal Democrat Members
Customer enquiries are dealt with by our contact centre on 01279
446655 or email contact@harlow.gov.uk
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Essex Yeomanry information
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Harlow Council supports all British troops, but has particularly
close ties with the Essex Yeomanry, because of its close
links with the town.
The Essex
Yeomanry is the direct successor of the Troop raised by
Colonel Montague Burgoyne in 1798. Since then the Essex Yeomanry
has been Yeomanry Cavalry over a period of 124 years, gunners for
46 years and signallers for the last 40 years. In that time
citizens of Harlow and from
around Essex have volunteered to serve in aid of the
civil authorities on several occasions during the 19th and 20th centuries, serving in two World Wars with great
distinction and considerable
sacrifice, as they do again in the
21st century in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Many of the serving Essex
Yeomanry, as well as former members, are residents of
Harlow and on 25 April
2009 Harlow Council awarded the Essex Yeomanry the Freedom of Entry
to Harlow, at a ceremony and parade. This significant
honour marked the association which the Essex Yeomanry has had
with Harlow and its surrounding district since 1798.
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Visit the
Essex
Yeomanry website
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The Essex Yeomanry Association is a charitable organisation
which aims to promote the efficiency of the Regiment and
to maintain its history, traditions and esprit de corps. The
organisation also aims to relieve (either generally or
individually) persons who are serving or have served in the
Regiment or any former units, and their dependents, who are in
conditions of need, hardship or distress.