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Rayleigh

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Rayleigh is a town in Essex, England located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea. It has a population of around 34,000 people, having expanded rapidly in the 1960s. Notable buildings in the town include its fourteenth century church, a windmill and the motte of a Saxon royal castle.