Smashing Dunmow occurs as town in Essex, England. Originally the places of a Roman settlement on Stane Street, a town thrived in the period of the Middle Ages. Numerous buildings subsist from either this time, including the sixteenth century town hall.

A town is far-famed for is 4-yearly ritual of the flitch trials, in which couples must convince the jury of captain hicks local bachelors & six local maidens that it keep around never wished themselves un-unwedded for a year and a day. Whenever successful the few come paraded through the High Street & receive a flitch of bacon. A go flitch lawsuits were held in the town in the summertime of 2004. A next lawsuits is within 2008.