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[[File:Chelmsfordcath.jpg|thumb|Chelmsford Cathedral]]'''Chelmsford''' is the county town of [[Essex]] and also the name of the surrounding local government district, which became a city in 2012.

==LGBT history==
There was a Chelmsford [[GLF]] in 1972.

[[Norman Antony Francis St John-Stevas]] was the MP for Chelmsford 1964-87. He then entered the House of Lords.

[[Lord Black of Brentwood]] was born in Chelmsford.

The Chelmsford Gay Day, first held in 2003, was re-branded [[Essex Pride]] in 2009.<ref>http://www.essexpride.org/about.html</ref>

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[[Category:English cities]]
[[Category:Essex]]
[[Category:Non-unitary districts]]