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Interesting tradition still carried out every four years in Great Dunmow is that of the Flitch
The ceremony first started in the early 1100's when Robert Fitzwalter, Lord of the Manor in Little Dunmow awarded a Flitch of Bacon to whoever does not repent of his marriage nor quarrel, differ or dispute with his wife within a year and a day after the marriage.
The custom lapsed after the dissolution of the monasteries, but was briefly revived in the 18th century and has been carried out since 1885
The successful couple are chaired through the streets before being presented with the flitch. The Bacon chair can be seen in Little Dunmow church.
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