   ingatestone (anciently ingerston, ingerstone, ingarston, ingaston, etc.) is a village in essex, england, with a population of about 4,500 people. to the immediate north lies the village of fryerning, and the two form the civil parish of ingatestone and fryerning. ingatestone sits within an area of metropolitan green belt land, 20 miles (32&nbsp;km) north east of london. the built-up area is largely situated between the a12 and the great eastern railway. today it is an affluent commuter town. due to its rural yet well-serviced setting, the demographic is a mixture of young and old, skilled and unskilled, with a lure for the commercial and agricultural worker. ==history== left|thumb|ingatestone village sign ingatestone was established in saxon times on the essex great road (a12) that runs between the two roman towns of london and colchester. the name, derived from the middle english yenge-atte-stone, and also latinised as ginge ad petram, means parcel of land at the stone, also 
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