With a population of over one hundred and twenty thousand people, Chelmsford is very much a city that is steeped in the present. This town and its residents are essential to London and England's fiscal wellbeing and the thousands of commuters that come into Big Ben Town to work in the financial sector often come from Chelmsford. The city carries even more significance as both the economic and geographic center of the very important county of Essex and both the Essex County Council and the Essex police headquarters are located in Chelmsford. The city has a vastly advanced industrial center that is home to many international corporations like MandG and e2v Technologies, making Chelmsford one of the most essential cities for business and commerce in all of Essex. Over eighty thousand people are employed in Chelmsford and this number corresponds almost perfectly with the amount of people who commute from the city into London. All this hustle and bustle, however, is only a small fraction of what makes Chelmsford so great and the thousands of employees, citizens, and tourists that travel to and from Chelmsford each day are generally unaware of just how rich and important Chelmsford's history is. Even fewer know that Chelmsford is one of the earliest settlements in all of Great Britain.
Long before shiny buildings and commercial enterprises was all the rage, Chelmsford was the traditional market town that was common in nearly every area of England. The Bishop of London gave a Royal Charter to Chelmsford as early as 1199 but the history of the area reaches much further back in history. Around Springfield excavators have found remains of Neolithic tools and a settlement from the Bronze Age. It seems that even back then Chelmsford was an essential part of the surrounding area and the fort built by Rome in 60 AD is further proof of this. Chelmsford under Roman control was known as Caesaromagus which translates into "the marketplace of Caesar". Little did the citizens living there then know that Chelmsford would still prove to be an important market town centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire.
Chelmsford continued to be an important town down through the ages and the Industrial Revolution found the city once again at the forefront of technology. The Father of Radio, Guglielmo Marconi, decided that Chelmsford was the perfect place for him to debut the first wireless factory ever built and The Marconi Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company gave Chelmsford the distinction of being "the birthplace of radio". This honor is not lost on the city and signs can be found all over that frequently boast this claim. This is perhaps the best evidence that, no matter which century Chelmsford inhabits at the moment, the city is at the forefront of technological and revolutionary changes in England. Chelmsford is most definitely an integral part of England these days but this should come as no surprise to anybody who is aware of the countless advancements that have occurred on this hallowed ground since time immemorial.
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