Edith's Streets

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook The Brook continues to flow south towards the River Roding. It is joined by a tributary from the east and another from the west. TL 52 09 Post to the north - High Laver - 52 10 Post to the west - Magdalen Laver - 51 09 Post to the east- High Laver - 53 09 Post to the south -Ashlyns - 52 08 High Laver Lane All Saints Parish church , this dates from the 12th and altered since. It is built of flint rubble with some Roman brick, and clunch dressings. There is a tower in three stages. Inside are brasses with figures of a man in armour and a woman in headdress, bodice and full skirt. There are also several wall monuments including one to Locke and an inscription written by him. Churchyard. The chest tomb of John Locke, philosopher, 1704, brick with stone slab and cast iron railings High Laver Hall. 19th farmhouse. Now Ashlyns. Barns: one weather boarded and yellow brick and other red brick The Thatched cottage .19th thatched building. Harlow Roa

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook A tributary to the brook flows westwards towards it TL 54 09 Post to the east - High Laver -53 09 Post to the north -Little Laver - 54 10 Black Lane Little Laver Road Newhouse Farmhouse , 17th but inc ludes part of its earlier predecessor. Timber framed and plastered. . Moated site.

Thames Tributary Crispsey Brook The Brook flows south towards the River Roding A tributary to the Cripsey Brook flows westwards TL 53 09 Post to the west - High Laver 52 09 Post to the south - Moreton - 53 08 Post to the north - High Laver - 53 10 Post to the east Newhouse Mill Lane Poppin House Watery Lane America Farm Verge on the west side and is considered a site of nature interest.

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook Tributaries from east and west join Cripsey Brook which flows south towards the River Roding TL 53 10 Post to the north - Matching Green 53 09 Post to the east Little Laver Post to the south -Moreton - 53 09 Post to the west High Laver Watery Lane Sheepcroft Bridge Ash Tree – thought to be 250 years old on the parish boundary Church Farm

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook Two tributaries flow westwards to Cripsey Brook and the Roding TL 54 10 Post to the north - Little Laver - 54 11 Post to the south - Newhouse - 54 09 Post to the west - Little Laver - 53 10 Little Laver Road St.Mary the Virgin . This was the parish church but is now combined with Moreton. Originally 14th it was largely rebuilt in 1872.There are no remains before the 13th except the font. There is one bell dated 1674. Little Laver Grange . 15th house timber framed and plastered, Inside are 16th brick arched fireplaces and an inglenook with timber surround. Moated site. This was the Little Laver Hall manor house, also known as Bouchiers Hall, for the area but was superseded by Little Laver Hall to the north east. Bake house, brew house and stable. Built in the 19th in yellow stock brick with the original bread oven. Barn. 16th, timber framed and weather boarded. Barn. 17th timber framed and weather boarded. Mill stone outside White Lodge . This wa

Thames Tributary - tributary to Cripsey Brook Two tributaries rise in this area and flows south west to join another tributary to the Cripsey Brook which then flows towards the Roding Post to the west - Matching Green - 53 09 Post to the south - Little Laver - 54 10   Little Laver Road Little Laver Hall . This had been part of a manor, also known as Boucheier, from the 14th. The current house was built in 1845 replacing an earlier house to the house. It was built in brick and stucco with wings were added in 1930. Cottage , near the hall. This was perhaps a Keeper's cottage It is early 19th in rendered brick and timber framed. It has a verandah on four columns. Park Woods – behind Little Laver Hall with a circle of trees on the eastern boundary. Stone Cottages , formerly the parish poorhouse. This was once a late 15th open hall house later altered. It is timber framed and now clad in flint. At the back is a 19th decorative iron pump. Hull Green farm-house 18th House o

Thames Tributary - tributary to Cripsey Brook Two Tributaries flows westwards to Cripsey Brook A tributary rises in this area and flows south to Cripsey Brook TL 53 11 Post to the west- Matching Green 52 11 Post to the south - High Laver - 53 10 Post to the west -Little Laver - 54 11 Chequers Road The Chequers . Built in the mid 19th as a stop for coaches Elm House. Home of Augustus John, the artist 1903-1905 and there is a blue plaque on it. It was later used as a nursing home. The Lilacs . Timber framed and roughcast 17th cottage, subsequently altered. Restcot . Timber framed and weather boarded 19th cottage, Chestnut Cottage. Timber framed and weather boarded 19th cottage, subsequently altered. Little Watermans. 18th cottage timber framed and plastered. The name relates to the defunct manor of Waterman Rose Cottage. Cottage built in 1835, timber framed and roughcast High Laver Lane Friday Cottage . 17th building, timber framed and weather boarded. Newhouse Far

Thames Tributary - tributary to Cripsey Brook Two Tributaries flows westwards to Cripsey Brook TL 52 10 Post to the west - Great Wilmores - 51 10 Post to the south - High Laver - 52 09 Post to the east Watery Lane Post to the north - Matching Green - 52 11 High Laver Lane High Laver Grange High Laver Grange Barns . These are 17-18th, timber framed and weather boarded. In the doorway of one of them are brackets with carvings of a female figure with cloven hoofs with traces of the original red paint. Ash Tree - 250 year old pollarded ash, by a stream, south of the Grange Tilegate Lane Church Farm . Late 16th farmhouse, later extended and altered. It is Timber framed, plastered with some external frame. It seems to have been built with a brick chimney stack in a 'hall' which was open to the roof and a floor inserted in hall with a winding stair in the 17th.

Thames Tributary - tributary to Cripsey Brook A Tributary flows south westwards to Cripsey Brook TL 52 11 Post to the east -Matching Green - 53 10 Post to the south - High Laver - 52 10 Post to the west - Loyters Green - 51 11 Faggoters Road Faggoters Farm . Timber framed 17th house subsequently altered. Otes . The site of Otes manor is east of Faggoters Farm and was part of the manor of Little Laver. The earliest records are from the late 13th when land was held by a John Otes. The medieval manor had been rebuilt as a red brick Tudor mansion, gabled and castellated. In the early 17th it was purchased by members of the William Masham, a Yorkshire born City businessman. Between 1691 and 1704 John Locke the philosopher lived, and died here as a paying guest of Lady Damaris Masham, a ‘blue stocking’. Later Lady Abigail Masham lived here after retiring as a courtier to Queen Anne. A later resident of was Fortunatus Montagu, the black son of Muslim, Edward Wortley Montagu. Later m

Thames Tributary - tributary to Cripsey Brook A Tributary flows westwards to Cripsey Brook TL 51 10 Post to the north - Loyters Green - TL 51 11 post to the east - High Laver - 52 10 post to the south - Magdalen Laver - 51 09 Great Wilmores . This is a 16th farmhouse, later altered. It is timber framed, and clad in yellow stock brick Mashams. The cottage dates from the mid 14th as a timber-framed hall house. It was divided into two cottages and weatherboarded in the 19th. It now belongs to the charitable Mashams Trust.

Thames Tributary - tributary to Cripsey Brook A Tributary rises in this area and flows south westwards to Cripsey Brook A Tributary flows south westwards to Cripsey Brook TL 51 11 post to the west -Housham - TL50 11 post to the east - Faggoters 52 11 post to the south - Great Wilmores - 51 10 Carters Green New Way Lane Faggoters Lane Loyters Green Laughter Farm Whites Farm Matching Park This was originally Matching Wood, which was emparked by Thomas de Arderne in 1229 and apples were grown there in 1231. Moat – this may have been the site of the park keeper's house in 1278.

Thames Tributary - tributary to Cripsey Brook The Tributary rises in this area and flows westwards to Cripsey Brook TL east 50 11 post to the east - 51 11 - Loyters Green Faggoters Lane Meadcote Rose Cottage Manor House Housham Tye New Way Lane

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook The Cripsey Brook flows west towards the River Roding and is joined from the north by the Stanford Hall Brook. TL 52 07 Post to the north - Ashlyns- 52 08 Post to the west 51 07 Weald Bridge Post to the east - Moreton - 53 07   Moreton Road Bovinger Lodge . House from the 17th with later ‘restorations’. It is timber framed with cladding of brick and rubble with patterned plaster. There is an original brick vaulted cellar. Barn and cart shed at Bovinger Lodge. The 18th barn has 5 bays and is timber framed and weather boarded. The attached cart shed is also weather boarded. There is also a cowshed, 18th timber framed and weather boarded. Muggins. House built 1600 which is timber framed and rendered. Its earlier name was 'Mogones' recorded in the 1470s. Pedlars End House from the 17th timber framed and plastered White House. This was once two cottages from the mid 18th timber framed and plastered

Thames Tributary River Roding – Stanford Hall Brook tributary to the Cripsey Brook Stanford Hall Brook flows south eastwards towards Cripsey Brook and the River Roding TL 52037 07369 Countryside area with scattered farms - some of them ancient Post to the north - High Laver Post to the west - Magdalen Laver Post to the south - Moreton Post to the east - Moreton Wind Hill Lunds House. 17th house subsquently altered. It is timber framed and roughcast rendered. Diamond mullion windows suggests that it was originally a dwelling of low status, White's Farmhouse . This is a lobby-entrance 17th house which is timber framed and plastered. Ashlyns Cottages Bushes Farm House , This house dates from 1500, but later extended and ‘restored’ in 1933. It is Timber framed, plastered with the frame exposed. In the roof are smoke-blackened medieval rafters making it clear that this was a medieval open hall to the east and the jettied north-south range is a 16th parlour extension. Thi

Thames Tributary River Roding – Stanford Hall Brook tributary to the Cripsey Brook Stanford Hall Brook flows south eastwards towards Cripsey Brook and the River Roding TL 51 06 Post to the north 51 08 Magdalen Laver Post to the east - Ashlyns - 52 06 Post to the south - Weald Bridge 51 05 Ashlyns Lane Weald Lodge . 18th house subsequently altered, Brick and timber framed and plastered. Previously this was a farm. Spencers Farm Weald Bridge Road Peaceful Kennels - Greyhound Training Track

Thames Tributary River Roding – Stanford Hall Brook tributary to the Cripsey Brook Stanford Hall Brook flows south eastwards towards Cripsey Brook and the River Roding TL 51 09 Post to the north - Great Wilmores 51 10 Post to the west - Magdalen Laver - 50 09 Post to the south - Magdalen Laver 51 07 Post to the east - High Laver - 52 09 Magdalen Laver “Laver” comes from an Old English word meaning 'stream' Tile Gate Road St. Mary Magdalen built of flint rubble with some Roman brick and there are also two pudding stone boulders in the north corners of the wall, thought to be markers. There is a timber tower, which was added in 1567, and which is surmounted by a boarded pyramid roof. The church was ‘restored’ in 1856 and in 1912 a pipe organ was bought from Christ Church, Albany Street . There are two bells, one of which is 14th to the honour of St. John. A 15th font, which was in the rectory garden, is now back in the church. Fish ponds Tile Gate Farm . This may

Thames Tributary River Roding – Stanford Hall Brook tributary to the Cripsey Brook Stanford Hall Brook flows eastwards towards Cripsey Brook and the River Roding TL 50 09 post to the west - Wynters Armourie - 49 09 post to the east 51 09 Magdalen Laver Belsnam Wood School Lane Old school . A school was established in 1818 by the the rector William Webb Ellis, who, whilst at Rugby school, picked up the ball during a football game and ran with it, thereby establishing the game of Rugby Football. The school continued in associated with the church until 1846-7. In 1862 a school was built on land given by Anna Maria Meyer with the rector and churchwarden as managers. There was also a teacher’s house. In 1902 it passed to the Essex Education Committee and was closed in 1960. The building is now housing Melanese Cottages. timber framed and could be 17th Tile Gate Road The Old Rectory. This was a new rectory built in 1850. It is red brick and was occupied by the rector until 1950.

Thames Tributary – tributary to Cripsey Brook The tributary rises in this area and flows west towards the Cripsey Brook and the River Roding TL 49 09 post to the east - Magdalen Laver Post to the west Hastingwood Road Hastingwood Road Wynters Armorie . The name derives from a mid-13th family. It was originally known as Winters but has been renamed because of a story that it was used as an arsenal for Commonwealth soldiers. This is a 13th hall house, with the timbers are blackened with smoke from an open hearth. It was later altered and, then 'restored' in the 1930s. It timber framed and plastered and of an unusual construction. Mummified cats have been found on site. Moated site the moat is on the east, north & west sides. In the grounds are walnut and meddler. There is a sundial memorial in the lawn.

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook The Brook continues to flow eastwards to the River Roding and is joined by a tributary from the south TL 51 07 Post to the north - Ashlyns - TL 51 08 Post to the west - Kent's Lane Post to the east -Moreton 52 07 Post to the south - Reynkyns Wood - 51 06 Ashlyns Lane Bowlers Green . Small hamlet and site of substantial medieval buildings Ashlyns Farm Moat which is the site of the former Manor of Ashlyns. The manor is first recorded in the 14th. From 1672 it belonged to the Royal College of Physicians to pay for staff at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, St. Thomas's Hospital, and Christ’s College. In 1922 the college sold it. The current far house may be 17th. Since 1970 it has been in the same family and was the earliest organic farm in Essex. Leyden’s Cottage. 17th house, timber framed and plastered with a weather boarded dado and thatched roof. Weald Bridge Road Weald Bridge . This crosses the Cripsey Brook on the road from Epping

Thames tributary – tributary to the Cripsey Brook a stream flows north towards the brook TL 51 06 Post to the north - Weald Bridge - TL 51 07 Post to the south - North Weald - 51 05 Reynkyns Wood

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook The Cripsey brook flows north west towards the River Roding Post to the east Weald Bridge Post to the west Canes Wood Kent’s Lane Kent’s Farm Reservoirs

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook The brook flows north east towards the River Roding. It is joined by Shonks Brook from the north and another tributary from the south and another from the North West. TL 49176 06676 Countryside and woodland area on the outskirts of Harlow P ost to the east Kents Lane P ost to the south Vicarage Lane Post to the north Hastingwood Road Canes Wood Sources

Thames Tributary Shonks Brook The Brook flows south east towards the Cripsey Brook and the River Roding Post to the north Wynters Armorie Post to the west Hastingwood Hastingwood Road Rolls Farm . Timber framed 17th house with later alterations. Timber framed Sewards Hall Farm . Mentioned in Domesday, this is a 15th manor house on a moated site plus a smaller 16th house. There was some fire damage in 1885. It was originally a hall house with the other house corner to corner with it, for separate households. Inside is a bread oven with a cast iron door, an early wooden and lead lined water tank, and a pump in working order with a stone sink. Outside is a privy with 'Manor Closet', with a wooden seat with a wooden lid, and a lower seat for child. Up to 1977 this was a dairy farm with Friesian/Canadian Holstein cows. Willow Place and Hastingwood Business Centre Wynters cottage. Late 16th house with later extensions. Timber framed, and plastered with exposed framing. Wynt

Thames Tributary Shonks Brook The Brook flows north east and then turns south east towards the Cripsey Brook and the River Roding TL 48  06 post to the west - 47 06 Latton Park post to the east - 49 06 - Hastingwood Road Glovers Lane Glovers Farm . 18th Farmhouse, timber framed and weather boarded Barn. Building from 1600, timber framed and weather boarded with some original wattle and daub infill in the north east wall. The Woodings , 17th Cottage, timber framed and plastered Hastingwood Village Hall Hastingwood Road The name of Hastingwood comes from that of Humphrey de Hastings who held the manor before 1280. Wyntersbrook . 18th House, timber framed and plastered, Church . This was built in 1864 as a chapel of ease for St.Andrew, North Weald . It is a simple red brick building with a single nave and a small bell tower. Inside was a memorial window to John Stallibrass of Paris Hall and his wife. It is now private housing Church Farm Hastingwood House . This was built

Thames Tributary Shonks Brook Shonks Brook rises in this area and flows eastwards to Cripey Brook and the Roding A recently rural area bisected by two major roads with a major intersection between them TL 47 08 Post to the east - 48 08 - Hastingwood Post to the south - 47 07 Randells Hastingwood St Clare’s Hospice. Set up as a result of community initiatives in the late 1980s. Latton Park Ancient woodland still with its boundary earth bank and ditch system. It has however been partly replanted with Norway spruce plus some Scots Pine. In the north there is still Pedunculate Oak with coppiced Hornbeam. There are also glades and ponds M11 Junction 7 London Road Also called Potter Street by pass, this is a stretch of the old A11. Pottery site . In the 16th this was to the west of the road. The earliest mention of a potter here is in 1254. Harlow Park . This is the last remains of the Abbot of Waltham’s hunting grounds 1041-1539 and was the chief wood in the demesne. Th

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook The Brook flows eastwards towards the River Roding A Tributary stream flows north towards the Cripsey Brook Post to the west Delved Bridge, North Weald post to the north 49 07 Canes Wood A414 by pass Recently built road which by passes North Weald. Merlin Way North Weald Airfield Main runway – only the northern section on this square. The airfield has a 1920 m (6300 ft) main runway. At the beginning of the Second World War it had two paved runways, each 50' wide. The north-south runway was 2800 feet long and The airfield was built in 1916 as an RAF night landing ground and used in the First World War for home defence and then was unused until rebuilt in 1926.  Ad Astra House was built in 1908 and requisitioned as Station HQ in 1916.  It was later used during the Battle of Britain for 11 group equipped with Hawker Hurricanes, but eventually over 20 squadrons of fighter aircraft were stationed there. After the war the main runway was extende

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook The Cripsey Brook continues to flow eastwards towards the Roding, and is joined by a tributary from the north. Post to the west Thornwood Post to the east Vicarage Lane Delved Bridge Weald Hall Lane Motocross Weald Hall – now a care home Weald Hall Lane is cut off at its eastern end by Gate G and the northern end of a runway for North Weald airfield.

Thames Tributary Roding – Tributary to the Cripsey Brook A stream rises in this area and flows south towards the Cripsey Brook, itself a tributary of the River Roding An ex-urban area through which two main roads run TL 47 07 Post to the north Latton Park Post to the south Thornwood Canes Lane Harlow Garden Centre . The centre has been here since 1976 by a family involved in market gardening since the 1930's. It was originally started as a nursery, growing for the London flower markets. Canes Cottages London Road The old A11 road Rundells . 18th house in red brick plus extensions. The Herb Farm and Seed Mill Horseshoes Farm. 17th house Timber framed, and plastered. Pargetting in panels plus ‘AD 1612’ on that wall. Site of the Bull and Horseshoes which was there in 1755 and closed in the 1850s The Oaks Horseshoes Farm West . MacDonald’s in old pub. The pub also said to be the Bull and Horseshoes M11 This section of the motorway is slightly to the south of ju

Thames Tributary Cripsey Brook, The Cripsey Brook is a tributary to the Roding. It rises in this area in two branches and flows eastwards to the Roding. TL 47 06 post to the north - 47 07 -Randells Post to the east Delved Bridge - North Weald   M11 This section of the motorway is slightly to the south of junction 7. The section from Junction 4 to 7 was built by Dowsett Engineering Construction Ltd of Harrogate, Yorkshire in 1977. Unsurfaced concrete was used to just south of this stretch High Road High Elms

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south and is met by a tributary from the east Post to the north High Ongar Post to the east Stondon Massey Post to the west Ongar Post to the south Great Myles Mill Lane Essex County Council Tip Hanson Waste Services Tip Hallsford brickworks. Ongar Road Mechtest . Engineering works opened 1952 to repair agricultural machinery. ABC Nursery and Pre School Hallsford Farm House . This used to be Bridge Farm on lower ground and dating from 16th. Rebuilt in the 1880s. Stondon Road Hallsford Bridge , the crossing here is late 18th, before which it was a ford. The present bridge was built by Essex County Council in 1934. Hallsford Bridge Meadow . The site was Ongar sewage treatment works built in the late 1890s and in use until 1932. It was then returned to grassland and rough grazing. It is now regarded as an area of nature interest. The grassland has occasional Cowslips, and can a small number of Bee Orchids. Because

Thames Tributary Roding The Roding continues to flow south and is met by a tributary from the east. Post to the north High Ongar Bridge Post to the east Chelmsford Road Post to the west Ongar Post to the south Hallsford Chelmsford Road Mulberry House . House in red brick with 3 storeys and cellars and a service wing - which is said to have been built first to house construction worker and which incorporates remains of the earlier house. It was built in 1767 for Edward Earle. In 1788 Earle, and his successors, became the rectors and the house thus became the rectory and remained so until 1975 when it was sold and renovated by new private owners. It was later used as a training centre by the Trustee Savings Bank. Later it was converted into a pub... Site of earlier house on the garden lawns in an area once used as tennis courts also part of the service wing. Rectory Cottage - once used as the local youth club 7/6 Mulberry Cottages . Old coach house and servants' quarters.

Thames Tributary Roding- Tributary Stream to the Roding The Tributary stream flows south west towards the Roding TL 57798 03725 Rural area along the main road from Ongar to Chelmsford Post to the north Forest Hall Post to the east Chelmsford Road Post to the west High Ongar Post to the south Stondon Massey Chelmsford Road Leys Farm Crownland Farmhouse . 16th Timber framed and plastered house. Crownlands Cottages Thistlelands Spring – local woodland nature reserve with oak, hornbeam and ash Sources Essex County Council. Web site Pevsner and Cherry. Essex

Thames Tributary River Roding – tributary stream to the Roding The tributary flows south westwards to the Roding Post to the north Cannons Lane Post to the east Norton Mandeville Post to the west High Ongar Bridge Post to the south Crownlands Norton Lane Norton Hall . This was owned by Merton College, Oxford until the mid 19th when it became part of the Forest Hall Estate. The farmhouse is 19th red brick. Norton Hall Farm buildings. 19th building in red brick round a square courtyard. New Plantation Forest Hall. This is an old manorial site which was given to the St. Paul's after the conquest and was called Norton or Norton Foliot. It was the central part of a large estate consisting of other manors and farms. By the mid 16th it was owned by the Stane family and was sold by them in the mid 19th. Forest Hall House was owned from 1924 by H. M. McCorquodale, father in law to Barbara Cartland, and sold to the Air Ministry in the Second World War who used in connection with

Thames Tributary River Roding – tributary stream to the Roding The tributary stream flows west to the Roding and is joined by smaller tributaries from the south and from the north. Post to the east Forest Hall Post to the east Norton Mandeville Post to the south High Ongar Norton Mandeville The name indicates a connection to Geoffrey De Mandeville one of William the Conqueror henchmen and an ancestor of the Earls of Essex. Norton Lane This was once called the Causeway , and is mentioned in documents from 1260. Great Causeway field and Little Causeway field lay to the sout5h of it. All Saints church . The church is lit by oil lamps and candles, there is an hour glass to time the sermons, and there is a set of royal arms. The weather boarded belfry is late 14th. The church itself is 14th built of flint rubble but there are some remains from the 12th. It probably dares from about 1190 that Galiena de Dammartin and was connected to the Priory of St. Leonard's at Bromley, Mi

Thames Tributary River Roding – tributary to the Roding The tributary rises in this area and flows westwards to the Roding Post to the north Norton Heath Road Post to the west Norton Mandeville Post to the south Norton Heath Chemsford Road Dovefields Farm The grass verge in front of the farm has a nature conservation importance Norton Lane Dodds Farm Dodds Farm Kennels

Thames Tributary Roding –tributary stream The Tributary stream flows north west towards the Roding Post to the north Norton Mandeville Post to the east Norton Heath Post to the west Crownlands Chelmsford Road Chevers Hall . This was once Chivers Hall and was also called Passfield Chivers and was a manor. It is a 17th house, timber-framed and plastered. Records of ownership go back to the mid 14th and by the 16th was held by the Pawne family but was later sold. This has now been converted to housing along with barns and farm buildings Chevers Hall Cottages King Street Paslow Hall . 16th house which includes earlier parts and with an 18th brick façade. Timber framed and plastered and the south front faced with red brick. The south wing is probably the area of the old great hall rebuilt in the 18th century. Records of manorial courts here go back to the mid-13th and it was also known as Pasfield. It is mentioned in a deed if Edward the Confessor when it was passed to Waltham Ab

Thames Tributary River Roding - Tributary stream The Tributary flows north towards the Roding. Post to the north Norton Mandeville Post to the west High Ongar Chelmsford Road Cozens Farm . At Cozens Farm. Partly moated House from the 17th, timber framed and plastered Spurriers . 17th timber framed farmhouse with red brick facade. Malthouse – 19th timber building. Now The Maltings garden reclamation King Street The Wheatsheaf Rookery Road Blewgates farm . 18th front to 16th house which is timber framed and plastered Cottage .18th timber framed and weatherboarded, Rookery Farm. Now 2 dwellings. 15th hall house, Timber framed and plastered. An old moated site.

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow southwards and is joined by a tributary from the west. TL 56 05 Post to the north - Heron's Farm - 56 06 Post to the west Ongar Post to the east Forest Hall Post to the south High Ongar Clark’s Spring Veteran oak tree nearby High Ongar Road High Ongar Bridge . Concrete bridge built by Essex County Council 1913. It used to carry the main Chelmsford road across the Roding. In 1858 it was then a brick bridge.

Thames Tributary River Roding – Tributary stream The stream flows south east towards the Roding Post to the north Shelley Post to the west Shelley Post to the east High Ongar Post to the south Ongar Church Lane 1 -3 16th cottages on the corner of Ongar Road. They are timber framed and plastered with brick fronts and some weather boarding Fyfield Road Smiths Brasserie . This was the Red Cow also named “The Bowling Inn”. There was a bowling green and bowling club behind it. Ongar Leisure Centre . This is the secondary school’s sports centre and swimming pool, built in the 1970s which continues in general use. Ongar War Memorial Hospital . Now demolished. In 1918 following a public meeting it was decided to build a cottage hospital as a memorial to those lost in the Great War and it opened in 1932 with 24 beds. It was greatly enlarged in the Second World War and in 1948 joined the NHS with 25 beds. It was however too small to undertake a wide range of work and access was ofte

Thames Tributary River Roding A tributary stream flows south to the Roding TL 55 06 Post to the north- Fyfield - 55 07 Post to the west - Shelley Common - 54 06 Post to the east - Herons Farm - 56-06 Post to the south - Ongar - 55 05 Church Lane Shelley is an old manor mentioned in Domesday. St.Peter . Built in 1888 by Habershon and Fawkner. The medieval parish church was in ruins and unsafe by 1800. The current church is the third on the site and built from money raised by subscriptions. It is in of Red brick with some flint. Inside is a painting "The Madonna di Foligno" and monuments to the Greene family who lived here from the late 16th to the 18th. Shelley Hall . This was originally an early l4th hall house which was timber framed with gault brick cladding. Inside is the original heavily sooted l4th roof structure. It was altered and enlarged, by John Greene – this is dated as 1587 on lintel – he had a large family. In the roof is a room with 8 painted panels -

Thames Tributary Roding – Tributary Stream A tributary stream flows south towards the Roding TL 55 07 Link to the north Embleys Farm - 55 08 Post to the west - Moreton - 54 07 Post to the south Shelley - 55 06 Post to the east - Fyfield - 56 07 Moreton Road Pennyfeathers Farm. 16th house. Timber framed and plastered on a moated site. Barn at Pennyfeathers. 17th timber framed and weather boarded Cart Lodge at Pennyfeathers 18th timber framed, St.Dunstans Farm Cross Lane Harriets Farm , 17th timber framed and plastered house Moat Crosslees Farm . Timber framed and brick clad, house 1600.Inside is some 1600 decorative painting.

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south east towards the Thames TL 56 06 Post to the north Fyfield - 56 07 Post to the south 56 05 High Ongar Post to the west -Shelley - 55 06 Post to the east Cannons Lane 57 06 Heron’s Lane Heron’s Farm . 18th farmhouse in painted brick on Moated site. Barn . 16th Timber framed and weatherboarded, Barn. 16th. Timber framed and weatherboarded Bakehouse and Brewhouse . 18th in painted brick

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south towards the Thames A small tributary joins it from the west TL 57350 06455 Rural area with scattered farms and cottages and the remains of an airfield Post to the south - Forest Hall  Post to the west Herons  post to the north Fylfield Cannons Lane Ford Airstrip and hangar . These are remains of the Second World War Willingale Airfield, but still in use for light aircraft. Essex Shooting Grounds . Clay Pigeon Shoot Little Forest Hall , 16th House with 19th additions Timber framed and plastered Little Forest Hall cottages . The Rookery Sources Airfields of Britain. Web site Essex County Council. Web site Pevsner and Cherry. Essex

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south and is joined by a tributary from the north west TL 57 07 Post to the west -Fyfield - 56 07 Post to the south Cannons Lane 57 06 Post to the north - Fyfield - 57 08 Cannons Lane Rowan Cottage 16th house Timber framed and plastered with some flint and red brick Walker's Cottage . 16th house timber framed with thatched roof. Cannons Green – a separate more isolated hamlet Dunmow Road Ashwell's Cottages . A 16th house timber framed and plastered Bridge House . 14th open hall house timber framed and plastered Yew Tree House . 16th house Timber framed and plastered Ongar Road Mill Hatch . 17th cottage, timber framed and plastered Queen Street Queen’s Head Pub . 17th timber framed and weather boarded building. 1-2 this was originally one house. Late 17th timber framed and plastered. Brewetts. 16th House and shop timber framed and plastered Lesser Brewetts. 16th house, timber framed and weather bo

Thames Tributary River Roding. Tributary from the west A tributary to the Roding flows westwards TL 56707 06776 Countryside and houses on the edge of Fyfield - some on the site of an inner city children's home. Post to the north -Lampetts Post to the west - Pennyfeathers Post to the east - Fyfield Post to the south Herons Farm Clatterford End. A hamlet between Fyfield and the West Ham School –partly on Ongar Road. Houchin Drive Fyfield Village Hall Ongar Road Clatterford House . 19th house Rendered brick and timber frame Clatterford Hall was a brick 18th house now replaced with modern house. Veteran horse chestnut tree alongside Ivy Cottages Pair of cottages. Late 16 Timber framed and weather boarded, with thatched roofs. Elmbridge Hall. Housing in what was West Ham County Borough Council Residential Open Air School built as a truant and industrial school with a military type regime. It was used for ‘delicate’ children from 1925. It was closed and sold to Es

Thames Tributary River Roding A tributary stream flows south and is joined three times by streams flowing from the west. Lampetts TL 56 08 Post to the north - Norwood End- 56 09 Post to the south - Fyfield - 56 07 Post to the east - Fyfield - 57 08 Post to the west - Embley's Farm 55 07 Lampetts . This is a manorial name which probably comes from the Lampet family who owned it in the late 15th. It had earlier been one of Lord Scrope’s possessions. The manor house is a moated timber-framed house which was originally an aisled hall. This was a farmhouse and is now an expensive private house Barn at Lampetts . Early 17th timber framed and weather boarded http://edithsstreets.blogspot.com/2011/06/thames-tributary-river-roding-fyfield.html

Thames Tributary River Roding - Embleys Countryside area with scattered farms Post to the south - Fyfield Post to the east Lampetts Thames Tributary River Roding A tributary stream flowing west joins a stream flowing south towards the Roding Another tributary stream flows west to join the stream flowing south towards the Roding Fyfield Road Embleys Farmhouse . Late 16th timber framed Barn at Embleys Farm . 17th timber framed and weatherboarded Sources Pevsner and Cherry. Essex

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding flows south west and is joined by a tributary from the north west TL 57 08 Post to the west - Lampetts - 56 08 Post to the north - Butt Hatch Farm - 57 09 post to the east Miller's Green-58 08 Post to the south - Fyfield - 57 07 Dunmow Road Ernest Doe Power . Showroom and workshops of Ernest Doe & Son, tractor repairers. In 1898, Ernest Doe had a blacksmith business in the Maldon area and within ten years the firm had expanded into farming. Further expansion resulted from the purchase of army surplus tractors after the First World War and also became an agent for Fordson, and later for Ransomes. The Fyfield works opened in 1943 following more wartime expansion. The firm remains in family hands. Brickyards Late 16th house timber framed. Perhaps originally built as brickmaster's house. Black Bull . Public House and hotel. Early 15th timber framed building with some weatherboarding and extensions throughout the centuries. P

http://edithsstreets.blogspot.com/2011/05/thames-tributary-tributary-stream-to_491.html Thames Tributary – tributary stream to the River Roding The stream flows south towards the Roding Another tributary stream flows south towards the Roding TL 56 09 Post to the north Beauchamp Roding 56 10 Post to the east Beauchamp Roding - 57 09 Post to the south - Lampetts - 56 08 Norwood End This area was once the main part of Fyfield but since the late 18th the population has become concentrated to the south in the present village area while this has become depopulated. Claydon’s Green Norwood End House. Thuis had a moat enclosing on two recaungular sites. There is a a local tradition that Henry, Lord Scrope, local landowner, had a magnificent house here in the early 15th – although there is no evidence for this. The Nook, was a small timber-framed building from the early 19th with the appearance of a school or nonconformist chapel , It is reputed to have been a 'nonconformist

Thames Tributary Roding The Roding flows south west towards the Thames. Two streams meet here, one from the east and one from the south to a form a tributary to the Roding flowing north TL 58 08 Post to the west Fyfield - 57 08 Post to the north Birds Green 58 09 Post to the east Willingale 59 08 Millers Green Road Blowers . House made up of old cottages, early 17th. Iy is Timber framed with a thatched roof. Charley Farm . House, timber framed 1600 with black weather board Hill Farm Hill Farm Cottage . late 14th timber framed house. There is an old front door used in an in outbuilding with a semi-circular hood and scalloped shell. Hill House . 17th house with a, timber frame Hydes . 16 th house, timber framed Millers Green Cottage . Early 17th timber framed house with thatched roof. This was a small open hall house with a extension Millers Green Hall . early 15th timber framed house. The old part is one storey with attics but there is a 20th two storey extension behind.

Thames Tributary Roding The Roding continues to flow south and is joined by a tributary from the west and one from the south. TL 58676 08831 Country side area dominated by commercial fishing lakes Post to the west - Beauchamp Roding Post to the south - Millers' Green Post to the north - Beauchamp Roding Bird’s Green Bird's Green, a hamlet partly in the parish of Willingale Doe Tile House Farm . Birds Green Carp Fishery – Top Lake, Bottom Lake, Bridge Lake and a Tackle Shop. Thatched Cottage . 17th timber framed cottage with thatched roof and modern thatched extension. This is an old open hall house which can be demonstrated by sooted timbers and an inserted 17 chimney. 'Two Swans’ . An old pub, now a house but it was a farm-house until the middle 19th. It is a 17th timber-framed house refronted in brown brick. Shallow Bridge , over the Roding. This was a county maintained bridge from 1654 but later responsibility was assigned to the local parish of Willing

Thames Tributary – tributary stream to River Roding. The stream flows northwards to the Roding TL 58 07 Post to the north Willingale 59 08 Post to the south Norton Heath Road   Fyfield Road Wardens Hall . Farmhouse, built early 18th in pale red brick Moated site. Said to have been built for Sir John Slater, died 1740, a Lord Mayor of London. It was the manor house for Willingale Doe. Farm buildings. Livestock buildings, granary, barn and waggon shed, engine house all late 18th and early C19. They are round three sides of a court of facing the main front of the hall. Air force remains – some of the service sites for Chipping Ongar air field remain nearby. Some have been removed and housing put on the site. Concrete roads to the south are the runways and perimeter roads of the Chipping Ongar, Willingale Airfield.

Thames Tributary – tributary stream to River Roding. The stream rises in this area and flows northwards to the Roding TL 59 06 Post to the north Warden's Hall 59 07 Post to the south Norton Mandeville 59 05 Norton Heath Road Hodgkin’s Farm Rockhills Farm Mill Lane Riding School Path to Spains Hall Road Semi derelict corrugated iron air force building. RAF Chipping Ongar The airfield was sited in an area to the west of Willingale Lane. It was a an RAF Second World War airfield opened in 1943 and used as a base for bombers. It was also a base for the United States Army Air Force. It was closed in 1959 having been kept as a reserve airfield Willingale Road Offin’s Cottages . Late 16th timber framed and plastered

Thames Tributary- Tributary stream to the River Roding The stream flows south west towards the Roding TL 59 08 Post to the west Millers Green- 58 08 Post to the north Dukes Lane 59 08 Post to the east Shellow Bowells 60 08 Post to the south Willingale 59 07 Dukes Lane Dukes Farmhouse . The house early 15th with later additions. It is middle Timber framed and in an H plan house with jettied wings. The east wing is the earliest build probably 1400 .with traces of 17th painting. There is a 17th stair tower at the back with some bits of contemporary handrail. Remains of probable moat. Dukes Cottage. This is a late medieval open hall house, timber framed with black weatherboarding. Fyfield Road Warden’s Hall entrance . There is an old corrugated iron airfield structure near the entrance Sewage works. Built during the Second World War to service Willingale Airfield. Maltsters Arms. 19th pub recently used as a restaurant and now housing House with sundials, sun fire insurance

Thames Tributary- Tributary stream to the River Roding The stream rises in this area and flows west towards the Roding. Rural area Post to the north Berners Roding Post to the west Birds Green Post to the east Shellow Post to the south Willingale Dukes Lane Sources