Edith's Streets

Thames Tributary - tributary to the river Roding The tributary flows south west Post to the west Hobbs Cross Farm Post to the north Mount End Post to the east Theydon Mount Post to the south Abridge Golf Course Peaks Farm Private Road Route of Roman Road Theydon Mount Hill Hall house . It replaced an earlier house, occupied since the 12th century, on the same site. Built 1569-75 for Sir Thomas Smith, probably to his own design, with Richard Kirby. Major alterations in the early 20th by Reginald Blomfield for Charles Hunter. Became a prison 1952 and was gutted by fire 1969. It is brick with rendered terracotta. Inside are Tudor wall-paintings and other decorative features. The house is a landmark in the use of Renaissance ideas in England and it is quite exceptional. Now converted to housing. Gardens altered by Humphrey Repton 1791 and altered in the 20h by Philip Tilden for Sir Robert and Lady Hudson. Includes a ‘Wilderness’ and old parkland with veteran trees, including

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The flows eastwards and is joined by two tributaries from the north 47 01 Post to the north Coopersale Street 47 02 Post to the east Mount End 48 01 Post to the west Flux's Lane Post to the south Hobbs Cross Hobbs Cross Road Hobbs Cross Golf Centre . Opened in 1997 Fiddlers Hamlet Sewage Treatment Works M11

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary rises in this area from two branches and flows south west A tributary flows south west Post to the north Gaynes Park Post to the east Beachet Wood Post to the south Theydon Mount Post to the west Hobbs Cross Road Brick Kiln Hill Brick and tile works site Mount End Sawkins Farm . Barn. 17th Timber fr amed and weather boarded. The farmhouse is 16th with some 14th remains. Mount Road North Farm . 18th farmhouse. ‘1789’ is written on the chimney Telephone box . Type K6. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Hornes Farm with a series of large outbuildings Searles Hall, 19th red brick farm house. 16th barn Mount Hill Farm

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary rises in this area and flows southwards 48 02 Post to the west Coopersale Street Post to the south Mount End Gaynes Park Gaynes Park , a 19th mansion. Red brick faced with Grey stone. Above are rails and four gargoyles. Acquired by the Chisenhale-Marsh family in 1792, who altered it, in grey brick before 1818. Now converted into flats Gardens Barns – red brick 29th outbuildings around a courtyard. One range had a clock tower and clock. Behind them is an old forge and another red brick outbuilding, and then a brick weather boarded barn. There are other red brick buildings and also a 19th open Barn with weatherboard cladding and terracotta effigies of a Dragon and a Griffon. This is now called The Orangery, The Gather Barn, The Mill Barn and the Apple Loft Honeymoon Cottage and used as a ‘wedding venue’ Site of the ancient manor house of Gaynes Park Hall, also spelt Gaines and also called Park Hall. Elizabeth visit

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows southwards TL 47386 01762 Village area and isolated pub Post to the north Coopersale Common Post to the east Gaynes Park Post to the south Hobbs Cross Road  Post to the west Epping Bower Hill Coopersale Street 9 Theydon Oak Pub . 18th building including a detached coach house 26 A large timber-framed house formerly a farm, probably 16th. 17th- brew house addition. The annexe became the post-office. 16th barn. Timber framed and weather boarded Forge Cottage Coopersale Lodge. 15th house timber-framed and plastered hall house Houses said to once have been two almshouses South Lodge . At the entrance to Gaynes Park. 16th Cottage. Timber framed and weather boarded. The porch has ‘rustic supports’ Yeomans, once called Dover Court, made up of 16th cottages 2-8. Weather boarded. School. In 1850 Miss Archer-Houblon, of Coopersale House funded this church school and later funded an extension. It was replace

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows southwards TL 47630 02973 Village area with all the usual villagey things Post to the south Coopersale Street Brickfield Road Site of Styles brickfield in the 19th Coopersale and Theydon Garnon Church of England Primary School . This was Theydon Garnon School founded in 1850 by the Church of England. In September 1970 it moved to Coopersale Coopersale Cricket Club on the Brickfield site Coopersale Common Garnon Bushes pub. Was once called the Rose and Crown and appears to have once been a row of cottages Anson’s farm Gernon Bushes Nature reserve with hornbeam pollards plus recent woodland and a network of ponds dug for gravel extraction. There are two springs and their streams travel down steep valleys with a series of bogs Houblons Hill St. Alban’s church , 1852. Overlooks the Roding valley. Very plain but includes some items of local interest. War memorial in the churchyard erected 1919 Lynch

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows eastwards 46 01 Post to the west Great Gregories Post to the east Hobbs Cross Road Post to the south Blunts Farm Post to the north Epping Bower Hill Brook Road The tributary stream runs parallel and south of the road. Flux’s Lane Named after a 19th owner of Coopersale Hall. Coopersale Hall . The present house is 18th and it was painted by Pissaro in the 1890s. It was later owned by Lyle of Tate and Lyle who was also a local MP. In the Second World War it was an officers’ convalescent home. It has since become yet another private school “prep” school, this one founded in 1989 and owned by the Haggar family. 1st Theydon Garnon Scout Hut. Brookfield. This is an ex army hut bought in the 1960s in an auction and erected here by parents Gardners Farm Epping Golf Club , founded in the 1950s by Charles Sjoberg Little Thornhall . Farm on the site of a medieval manor house. M25 Junction 27 with M11 Junctio

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows eastwards 45 01 Post to the west Great Monk Wood 44 01 Post to the east Flux's Lane 46 01 Post to the south Theydon Bois Bridge Hill Leading to the railway bridge currently used by the Central Line Golf Course Fullers Plain Purlieu Bank. At the eastern edge of the golf course are some remains of the 13th Purlieu Bank, a hedge and ditch, which provided the boundary of the old royal forest. Great Gregories Lane The manor of Gregories is probably named from a Gregory who was a verderer here in 1250 Great Gregories farm . This was here in 1848 but the farm-house is 20th. Native trees plated to screen the M25. The Purlieu Bank runs along the western side of the farm. The farm was used by the City Corporation to store stonework awaiting restoration. Moat which probably represents the site of the medieval manor house of Gregories. A field at the end of the lane known in 1848 as 'Gregory's Gard

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows eastwards 44 01 Post to the west Ambresbury Banks 43 01 Post to the east Great Gregories 45 01 Post to the north Epping Bell Common Epping Road Park Cottage Yew Tree Cottage Epping Forest Tank trap forming a bank with ditch. Part of defensive ring built for the Second World War Great Monk Wood covers the high ground between the Wake valley and one to the east. In the 13th it belonged to Stratford Langthorne Abbey and part to Waltham Abbey and there was some conflict between the two when timber was cut. Lopping rights were not practised in Monks Wood and pollarding, was done by the Lord of the Manor until 1842. Some beeches in the wood are old and diseased and some ‘maiden’ beech pollards thus being created. Forest Side Mulberry Cottage . 19th house with smooth render & decorative features Brackley. 19th house with smooth render & decorative features Ridge House 19th house with smooth render

Thames Tributary – tributary to the river Roding The tributary rises in this area and flows eastwards towards the Roding. This post covers a swathe of Epping Forest bisected by Epping Road - once the major A11.  The massive earthwork is on the eastern side while towards the west are woods and features connected to Copped Hall - the big house in a square to the east and on the other side of the M25 43 01 Post to the east Great Monk Wood 44 01 Post to the north Copped Hall Estate Post to the west Crown Hill Epping Forest The name Epping Forest is on record from 1662 and it is the remains of the Forest of Waltham - land over which the Crown had hunting rights. In 1882 Corporation of London acquired the forest for the citizens of London Ambresbury banks . This is a large earthwork covering 12 acres standing at one of the highest points of the forest. This ancient fortification with ramparts originally 10 feet high, is held by tradition to have been the scene of Queen Boadicea&#

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow west in a convoluted route. It is joined by a tributary from the south Post to the west Ongar Road Post to the south Church Lane Post to the east Stapleford Aerodrome Post to the north Abridge Golf Course Ongar Road Jennikings Nursery Pryors, Barn , 17th, Timber framed and weatherboarded

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows northwards to the Roding Post to the west Lambourne Post to the north Ongar Road Post to the east Stapleford Abbotts Post to the south Lambourne End Church Lane Great Wood . This is also joined by Mutton Corner and together they form the largest block of woodland on the old Lambourne Hall Estate. The stream runs through both woods. There is hornbeam coppice on the north-western edge while the remainder is oak and ash with hazel coppice. The age of the wood can be understood from the Bank and ditch earthworks around the boundary. There are also several ponds and a ride system. Patch Park. Late medieval hall house Timber framed and plastered. This was known as Hunts until the18th. The area also contains a private industrial estate with a mix of buildings – some of which look as if they have a Second World War origin. It is also a paintball games location Foxburrow Wood

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow in a generally westward direction and is joined by a tributary from the south Post to the west Ongar Road Post to the north Shales More Post to the east Passingford Bridge Post to the south Stapleford Abbotts Epping Lane Shales More Cottages Ongar Road Arnold’s Farm with an associated clay pigeon shoot Walters Farm Stapleford Airfield was opened in 1933 for Hillman Airways, on the Maylands estate. They ran a scheduled service to European destinations including services to Paris. They lost money and moved elsewhere – to become one of the constituent companies for British Airways. When they left the airfield dealt with private aircraft, until 1938 when the Air Ministry opened a flying training school here. During the Second World War squadrons 151 and 46 of 11 group, flying Hurricanes, were based here. In 1941 it became a base for Special Operations Executive, dropping agents behind enemy lines. It was a grass surface

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows north towards the Roding Post to the west Church Lane Post to the north Stapleford Aerodrome Post to the east Albyns Post to the south Stapleford Abbotts Stapleford Road Hammonds . 16th house Timber framed and rendered Woodside Farm Stapleford Airfield Southern half and perimeter road only

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows north east towards the Roding Post to the west Lambourne Post to the north Stapleford Abbotts Post to the east Stapleford Road Post to the south Bournbridge Lane Hook Lane Battles Hall . 17th Manor house, Timber framed and rendered. The name Battles is a family name from the 12th,

Thames Tributary – tributary to the river Roding The Tributary rises in this area and flows northwards to the Roding. Post to the west Lambourne Post to the north Church Lane Post to the east Stapleford Abbotts Post to the south Lambourne Featherbed Lane A bridle way and an ancient green lane with diverse flora and veteran pollards down its length Bishop’s Moat . Said to be the remains of a defensive structure for Bishop Spencer of Norwich and the original site of Bishop’s Hall. It appears to be a moated ancient wood with no evidence of a building. The wood comprises old coppiced hornbeam, with oak and ash with holly and elder plus wild service-trees in the hedgerow round the large, deep moat. Broom Grove Conduit wood. Ancient woodland. There are several ponds here and a spring which makes much if he wood wet underfoot. The wood is made up of oak, ash and Lime. Conduit well Hook Lane Blackbush Farm Sources Osborne. Defending London

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding flows west in a convoluted path. It is joined by two tributaries from the north and one from the south. Post to the west Stapleford Aerodrome Post to the north Great Tawney Post to the east Suttons Manor Post to the south Albyns   Albyns Lane Albyns Lodge , with railings and gateposts to the driveway. London Road The Talbot House . This was the Talbot Inn and a coach stop. It is thought this may have been an industrial building before it came into use as a pub. It is 16th timber framed and weather boarded. Behind it is a brick leat with a sluice gate, which may have housed machinery. Game larder. 18th Red brick with hooks and shelves inside Building by the stream. An 18th square red brick building Passingford Bridge . The bridge is important because of its position on the main road from London and it provides the parish boundary. By the late 16th, the county had accepted responsibility for repairing it and in the late 18th it was reb

Thames Tributary – tributary to the river Roding The tributary flows north and east towards the Roding- it rises in this area in three streams which subsequently join. Post to the west Stapleford Abbots Post to the north Passingford Bridge Post to the east Curftismill Green Post to the south Stapleford Road Albans Lane Albyns Manor . Only a shell of the mansion survived the Second World War and a rocket attack, and this was demolished in 1955 – but much of the interior had already been taken to the United States. What remains is the red brick old service range, or stable, from the 17th and now converted to housing. Some of the staircase from the mansion is inside. Albyns 18th Coach-house now a farm building. It is red brick, with a timber clock tower with a cupola plus bell, and weathervane Albyns Garden pavilion from the 17th. It is in red brick, and square and another weathervane, on the roof. There are also brick garden walls with stone coping and gateways with balustrad

Thames Tributary –tributary to the River Roding The tributary continues to flow southwards to the Roding Post to the north Theydon Mount Post to the east Stapleford Tawney Post to the south Stapleford Aerodrome Post to the west Abridge Golf Club M25 Slips onto the motorway for police only. Telephone transmitter mast Shales More. Ancient woodland plus a small area of secondary wood and a stream forms part of the western boundary. The canopy is mainly ash, alder and coppice near the stream. There is also hornbeam coppice Stollies Lake – commercial fishing lake

Thames Tributary – Tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows south towards the Roding Post to the west Hill Hall Post to the north Beachet Wood Post to the east Stapleford Tawney Post to the south Shales More Mount Road Shown as Brick Kiln Hill – a brick works stood near the church in the 19th and is now a scheduled ancient monument. St.Michael . the original church was destroyed by lightning and rebuilt in 1611. It is a small building, on a small hill and in the grounds of Hill Hall. In about 1800 the park was extended and the church was brought within the park, but it was fenced off from it in the early 1950s. There are any impressive monuments to the Smith family and some glass brought here from Hill Hall. Old rectory demolished 1950s or earlier. Icehouse plantation . This probably refers to an icehouse for Hill Hall which may have dated from the 17th Site of Mount Hall . Old manor house demolished in the 1950s or earlier Coleman’s Farm . Late 19th building. In

Thames Tributary -Tributary to the River Roding The tributary rises in this area and flows south to the Roding TL 49523 00741 Countryside area with a chunk of ancient coppiced woodland with smaller woodland springs. Some cottages and farms Post to the west Mount End Post to the south Theydon Mount Post to the east Stapleford Tawney Beachet Wood Ancient woodland with extensive Hornbeam coppice, oak and ash standards. The western edge gives rise to a number of small streams Keepers cottages - 19th cottages in the wood Hanging Spring Tawney Common Crumps Farm House Sources Essex County Council. Web site

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows south towards the Roding Post to the west Shales More Post to the north Little Tawney Post to the east Railmead Plantation Post to the south Passingford Bridge Stapleford Tawney Road St.Mary’s Church . The oldest part dates from 1220 and there were ‘restorations’ in 1862 and, after a fire in the 1960s, was renovated and restored again. The building is flint rubble and there is a bell turret which is weather boarded with a shingled broach spire and weathercock. There are two 12th stone coffins and many monuments. Great Tawney Hall . 17th house, timber framed and weather boarded – a rainwater pipe is dated 1762. There is a moat adjacent. Barn from 17th, timber framed and weather boarded

Thames Tributary – Tributary to River Roding The tributary continues to flow south towards the Roding Post to the west Theydon Mount Post to the north Northlands Wood Post to the east Bob's Barn Post to the south Great Tawney Stapleford Tawney Road Bell’s Cottages . Bell's these were once Bell's Farm and are probably 16th. They are timber framed and rough rendered. In one room is a Sleeping cupboard At one time this was a rectory Howfield . House built .1700 in red brick with a hidey-hole by a bedroom fireplace. Old Rectory , 18th brick building plus some weatherboarding with a 13th core. Inside are panelled gun cupboards and in the cellar a working pump and a well. Lead from the roof has on it "Mark Webster 1861, 1872" plus various graffiti. There is a moated garden and a conservatory with moulded timber frame, cast iron brackets, original winding window opening mechanism and chimneys. Barn, 18th weather boarded and timber framed. Cart shed from the 18

Thames Tributary –tributary to the River Roding The tributary rises in this area and flows south Post to the north Mole Trap Post to the west Beachet Wood Post to the south Stapleford Tawney Post to the east Berwick Lane Tawney Lane Northlands Wood . Ancient pollarded oaks stand on the edge of the wood, and on the parish boundary. In one corner are forty two specimens of the rare wild service tree. Long Spring

Thames Tributary – River Roding The Roding flows south and west Post to the west Passingford Bridge Post to the north Stapleford Tawney Post to the south Curtismill Green M25 London Road Suttons Manor Hospital . Private mental hospital. Suttons. House – this is 19th much of which was lost in a fire. Outbuilding from the 18th in red brick. One of these could be a dovecote or game larder Suttons farm House 16th house with parts from 13th. Timber framed and plastered. This is a possible moated site. 18th Barn, timber framed. 18th cart shed. 18th granary and other buildings. Cottages, 18th in brick Suttons Lodge. 18th cottage in brick, rendered.

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding flows westwards A tributary to the Roding flows south eastwards Post to the west Great Tawney Post to the north Bob's Barn Post to the east Shonks Mill Post to the south Sutton's Manor London Road Mitchells Farm Railmead Plantation

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south and west. It is joined by the mill leat and by a tributary from the north west Post to the west London Road Post to the north London Road Post to the east Navestock Park London Road Lawns . 16th house timber framed and rendered. Barn with the date of 1789 carved on a beam, timber framed and weather boarded. Granary 18th timber framed and weather boarded standing on cast iron steddle stones. Shonks Mill Bridge . This is a medieval crossing and is noted in 1566 as a timber bridge in need of repair and there was the usual dispute over who was responsible. Rebuilt by the County Surveyor, John Johnson, in timber in 1810. It was damaged by floods in 1943 and one abutment was then rebuilt in concrete Shonks Mill may have been named from a medieval family but the mill itself seems to date from the late 18th. Humped brick bridge and mill race probably 17th although the parapets have been rebuilt. The mill was out of use by 1860,

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south and is joined by a tributary from the west. It was once also joined by a tributary from the east. There is also a mill leat Post to the west Shonks Mill Post to the north Navestock Post to the east Navestock Park Shonks Mill Road Mill Spring Rose Hall Farm . 17th timber framed farmhouse. 18th Cow sheds Timber-framed, weatherboarded. Barn. 17th Timber-framed, weather boarded. Hook Wood Navestock Park Lady’s Pond . The Wetstaff Brook was damned to form this large pond aa part of the landscaping for the park. Now used for private fishing.

Thames Tributary - tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows eastwards towards the Roding and is met by another tributary from the north west Post to the west Bob's Barn Post to the north London Road Post to the east London Road Post to the south Shonks Mill Berwick Lane Tenacre wood London Road Tracey’s farm. 17th timber framed farmhouse with traces of a moat Murrells Farm . Barns converted to housing. 16th farmhouse rebuilt after Second World War bombing. Wayletts. House from the 16th with timber framing Stonyrocks plantation

Thames Tributary -Tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows south towards the Roding TQ 51749 99804 Countryside area with scattered farms and cottages Post to the west Little Tawney Post to the north Berwick Lane Post to the east Stapleford Tawney Post to the south London Road Berwick Lane Berwick Ham. Old woodland Twenty Acre Wood Bobs Barn Langford Bottom The Grove Bobs Barn Wood Sources Essex County Council

Thames Tributary – tributary to the river Roding The tributary flows east towards the Roding Another tributary flows south towards the Roding Post to the north School Road Post to the east Stanford Rivers Post to the south London Road Post to the west Berwick Lane Icehouse wood Old Rectory Road Rectory . House dated 1780 but could be older. Central Phoenix Insurance Plaque. Has remains of a moat.

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding Berwick Lane TL 51881 00761 Country side area with woods, scattered farms, and golf courses Post to the north Knightsland Wood Post to the west Stapleford Tawney Post to the south Bob's Barn Post to the east Stanford Rivers Berwick Lane Berwick Farm . Farmhouse House. 15th Timber framed and rendered. Granary 18th. Timber framed and weather boarded on brick piers. Three Barns 17th Timber framed and weather boarded. Cesslands Farm . 17th farmhouse, timber framed and plastered. 18th Brew house Timber framed and weather boarded. Sources British Listed Building. Web site Pevsner and Cherry. Essex

Thames tributary – River Roding The Roding flows west and south Post to the west London Road Post to the north Standford Rivers Post to the east Navestock Post to the south Navestock Park Aspen Wood Said to be ancient woodland Broom Wood Said to be ancient woodland Little Aspen Wood Said to be ancient woodland London Road White Bear . This includes the White Bear Gun Club ground. This old pub is now housing. 18th building Woodman Pub . 17th building currently owned by Shepherd Neame. Timber framed and weather boarded. Millrite Engineering Ltd.

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding flows south west and west in a loop and is joined by a tributary from the south Post to the west Aspen Wood Post to the north Stanford Rivers Post to the east Kelvedon Hatch Post to the south Navestock Hall Ireland Grove Colliers Spring Hollingford Spring Stanford Rivers Sewage works . Discharges into the Roding

Thames Tributary – tributary to the river Roding The tributary rises in this area and flows north towards the Roding Post to the west Navestock Park Dudbrook Road Hazle Spring Lady’s Hill Fortification Wood. Earthworks which may be an enclosure to a moated manor. It is however in a good defensive position. Church Wood Red Wood Does Hill Cottages Shonks Mill Road Norpar Barns , set up in 1969 as flower drying business and this continues with other sales in a series of barns. The Granary museum is in a 14th farm building and shows old farming & household implements. It is a timber-framed building with a plaque saying 'J.C. 1788 re-built' Stable . Weather boarded building probably early 15th and probably not built as a stable. Navestock Hall Cottages Navestock Hall Farm . Navestock manor is documented since before Domesday and eventually was in the hands of the Waldegrave family. A 14th inventory describes a building probably on the site of the present Naves

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding flows south in a convoluted stream, joined by tributaries from the east an from the west Post to the north Colemans Post to the west Stanford Rivers Post to the east Kelvedon Hall Post to the south Navestock London Road Wash Bridge . This became a county bridge in 1830. Bridge House Farm . Also known as ‘Wash Farm’ or ‘Bridge Farm’ Stanford Rivers House, 17th house with a 15th core. Timber framed and rendered. 34 – 38 Two 18th cottages Timber framed and rendered. Bridge Cottage. 17/18th timber framed and plastered Union workhouse. Built in 1830-1 this was the workhouse of the poor law union which preceded the Ongar Union. It serving a union of nine parishes, and held 100 inmates. One of the last workhouses built before the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 its brown brick central hub had windows from which the master could see the various inmates. Ongar Poor Law Union with 24 elected Guardians took over in 1836 representing its 2

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows westwards to the Roding Post to the west Navestock Post to the north Kelvedon Post to the east - Kelvedon Kelvedon Hall Lane Germans Farm and Moat . Germains House may be as old as the 14th when it was probably an open hall house. It is one of the original manor houses of Kelvedon. It is timber-framed and roughcast with some weatherboarding. The moat is only fragmentary. Cooks Wood http://edithsstreets.blogspot.com/2011/07/thames-tributary-river-roding-kelvendon.html

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows westwards to the Roding Post to the west Navestock Post to the north Kelvedon Grange Post to the east Kelvedon Hatch Cartshed Wood High Ash Wood Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker . The Bunker was built on farm land which had belonged to J.A.Parrish. It was initially an RAF ROTOR Station and then designated as a Regional Government Headquarters. Later it was used as a civil defence centre. It is 125 feet underground and the entrance is an ordinary looking 'bungalow' amongst trees. There is also a radio mast, a deep well and beds for hundreds of civilian and military personnel. It was decommissioned in 1992 and bought back by the Parrish family. It is now open as a museum and visitor attraction. Merlincock Wood Ongar Road Priors , 17th house, timber framed and pebble dashed.

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows south east Post to the north Mutton Row Post to the west Stanford Rivers Post to the east Stanford Rivers Post to the south Stanford Rivers London Road Hare Street Roding Garage Mutton Row St.Margaret. The church dates from 1150 with walls of flint and rubble. The chancel is 14th and there is a leaded broach spire. There is a 1492 chrisom brass. The original dedication was to St. Margaret of Antioch but there is a window to St Margaret of Scotland Churchyard. The composer of "Run Rabbit Run" and "The Lambeth Walk" is buried here under his real name, Reginald Moxon Armitage. Stanford Rivers Hall . 18th house with a square red brick front. Could be older. Stanford Rivers Farmhouse . 17th house, timber framed with brick front. Barn dated 1752 timber framed and weather boarded. Granary from the 18th timber framed and weather boarded on brick piers and steddle stones. Stable 1800 timber

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows south east Post to the north Greensted Post to the west School Road Post to the east Colemans Post to the south Stanford Rivers Mutton Row Clarke’s Farm Rockett’s Cottages

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows eastwards towards the Roding Post to the north Greensted Green Post to the west Knightsland Wood Post to the east Mutton Row Post to the south Stanford Rivers School Road Stewarts Farm Hop Gardens. Caravan site. Coleman’s Lane Coleman’s Farmhouse . 16th house Timber framed, and part weatherboarded.

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows eastwards towards the Roding Post to the east School Lane Post to the west Mole Trap Post to the south Berwick Lane Berwick Lane Knightsland Wood Wood of hornbeam coppice with tall ash coppice and planted beech trees. There is also elder, blackthorn and spindle as well as wild service trees, often an indicator of found woodland, School Road Blake’s Farm . 18th red brick farmhouse. 18th stable block timber framed and weather boarded. 18th Granary Timber framed and weather boarded on brick supports. Brew house, timber framed weather boarded. Now the golf club house Toot Hill Golf Club. Opened in 1989

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows eastwards towards the Roding Post to the west Mole Trap Post to the east School Road Post to the south Berwick Lane Berwick Lane Knightsland Wood Wood of hornbeam coppice with tall ash coppice and planted beech trees. There is also elder, blackthorn and spindle as well as wild service trees, often an indicator of found woodland, School Road Blake’s Farm . 18th red brick farmhouse. 18th stable block timber framed and weather boarded. 18th Granary Timber framed and weather boarded on brick supports. Brew house, timber framed weather boarded. Now the golf club house Toot Hill Golf Club. Opened in 1989

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding Two tributaries meet and flow eastwards towards the Roding Post to the north Ongar Park Wood Post to the east Knightsland Wood Post to the south Stapleford Tawney Nickerlands Tawney Common Mole Trap . Pub allegedly named for Samuel Threader who invented a mole trap and made enough money out of it to build this house. After his death his wife ran it as a pub, which has continued.

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows south east TL 5051202167 Rural area along the Epping Road and the hamlet of Colliers Hatch P ost to the south Mole Trap Epping Road Does Farm Colliers Hatch Moat House . 17th house with later alterations, timber framed and plastered with exposed timber frame. It has a moat round it. Roman villas possibly found here. Roman pottery and tile has been visible in the topsoil, and there have been a number of finds – coins, brooches, and copper alloy objects. Ongar Park Wood This is made up of three bits of blocks of woodland and a hedge. Much of this is the remnants of a wood that was grubbed up in 1950 and became farmland. It is part of the Birching Coppice which was part Ongar Great Park. It includes hornbeam and hazel, oak and silver birch coppice. There is a damp pond depression in a corner of the wood. The hedge forms the old boundary of Ongar Park Wood and includes old hornbeam coppice, field maple, oak,

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south and west and is met by two tributaries from the south east Post to the north Ongar Post to the east Kelvedon Hatch Post to the west Stanford Rivers Post to the south Kelvedon Hatch Hall Lane St.Nicholas . not used and neglected. This former parish church is in the grounds of the Hall. There was a medieval church here but there was a complete rebuilding in red brick in the 1750s. The font and a 15th bell have been preserved and some floor slabs were left in place. The church was replac ed on a different site in the 1890s and the old church, was damaged by a German bomb in 1945. Kelvedon Hall . House built 1743 For John Wright and rebuilt in the 1930s by Lord Gerald Wellesley and Trenwith Wells. The date on Rain water heads, is 1740-1725. It is red brick, with pavilions on each side, of which one is an oratory, linked with curved walls. Inside is a chapel since the Wrights were Roman Catholic. There is a Lodge, th

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding flows south west and is joined by tributaries from the west and from the east. Post to the north Ongar Post to the east Stondon Massey Post to the west Colemans Post to the south Kelvedon Hall Brentwood Road Ongar Garden Centre , Country Gardens Ongar Road Langford Bridge . This crosses the Roding and is of reinforced concrete. In 1991 the bridge was thought to be inadequate for the traffic it was taking. A temporary bridge diversion was erected. Industrial Estate Stanford Rivers Road Dyers , Rebuilt in the 18th but may be originally 16th, Brewery . In the late 19th J. and J. Palmer with a brewery behind Dyers Grays Farm Littlebury. This manor is first noted in the 13th. The Hall itself is 16th of brick with timber framing and it is now much smaller than it was previously Marden Ash House . Built by Nicholas Alexander in the 17th. And a new front in red brick added in the 18th. 18th brick stable block with clock turret and cup

Thames Tributary – tributary stream to the River Roding The Tributary rises in this area and flows south east towards the Roding Post to the west Mutton Row Post to the east Ongar Post to the south Stanford Rivers TL 55187 02032 Rural area on the southern outskirts of Ongar Kettlebury Spring Kettlebury Spring. It is made up of four strips. The trees are mainly hornbeam coppice with Oak, Ash, Field Maple and Hawthorn. There are also the more unusual wild service-trees. Romford Road Little Colemans . 17th timber framed red brick house.  Stanford Rivers Road Great Colemans . 19th timber framed brick house Sources British Listed Buildings. Web site Essex County Council. Web site Pevsner and Cherry. Essex

Thames Tributary – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows north west towards the Roding Post to the north Great Myles Post to the east Clapgate Post to the west Kelvedon Hall Post to the south Kelvedon Hatch Bridge  in the park at Great Myles. Built 1770-71 By Richard Woods for John Luther in red brick and stone. It is humped with a single span, curved walls and an stone used on the parapets and the arch keystone . It cost £250 to build and the tributary stream was dammed to form a lake.  Round Wood Kelvedon Grange This now two houses – Kelvedon Grange and Old Kelvedon Grange. They were originally built in 1610 and are timber-framed buildings used as the rectory until 1931 Ongar Road Menagaria Wood . Made up of hornbeam coppice with oak and ash. It is used a horse riding test area. Pump House Farmhouse 17th house which is timber-framed and pebble dashed

Thames Tributary – Tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows north towards the Roding   TL 57646 00211 Countryside area with a lot of commercial Post to the north Stondon Massey Post to the east Stondon Massey Post to the west Kelvedon Hatch Post to the south Kelvedon Hatch Bushy Wood Chivers Road Stondon Place . This had originally been a farmhouse. William Byrd, the Tudor musician, lived, here following various events concerning the previous Catholic owners- which included efforts to evict him. Eventually in the 18th it was purchased with someone who also owned the Manor and it became the local Manor House again, and the house was rebuilt. Following more changes in ownership it was burnt down and rebuilt in the 1860s apparently using the fabric of the previous building. In the 1950s it was derelict and covered in creepers. It is in red brick and some 18th fireplaces remain inside. The Coach House . Originally part of the estate of Stondon Place. It is a red br

Thames Tributary – tributary to the Roding The tributary rises in this area and flows north to the Roding Post to the west Kelvedon Hatch Post to the north Clapgate Post to the east Doddinghurst Chivers Road Clapgate . Farm House dating from the 17thm Timber-framed, rendered and colour washed Chivers Poles Wood Rifle range here in the 19th, on the outskirts of the wood and the stands were near Chivers Farm. It was used by the local Volunteer Corps Now used for motor cycle scrambles.

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south and is joined by a tributary from the east A tributary to the Roding flows northwards Post to the north Hallsford Post to the east Stondon Massey Post to the west Ongar Post to the south Kelvedon Hatch Ongar Road Hallsford Bridge Industrial Estate Little Myles Farm . Farmhouse from 1500, with subsequent alterations. Timber-framed and rendered. This was however a small farm which expanded greatly in the early 18th. It has a three acre garden surrounded by wild flowers and grasses plus ponds, a pergola, a stream. This is an herb garden used for handmade cosmetics. Chestnut walk Great Myles. This was a sub manor in Kelvedon and the name came an owner, Miles de Munteny. The house was rebuilt in the 18th – it was red brick and it was said to have a window for each day of the year. It was burnt down and demolished in 1837, and all that remains is the stable block, servants’ wing and outbuildings. The Stable block is

Thames Tributary – Tributary stream to the River Roding The tributary flows north east towards the Roding Post tothe north Crownlands Post to the west Hallsford Post to the south Stondon Massey Long Edwells Ancient woodland with oak and ash. There is also elder, hawthorn, and hornbeam http://edithsstreets.blogspot.com/2011/06/thames-tributary-river-roding-hallsford.html

Thames Tributaries – Tributary to the River Roding The tributary meanders north westwards towards the Roding Post to the north Stondon Massey Post to the east Paslow Common Post to the west Stondon Massey Post to the south Clapgate Ongar Road St.Peter and St.Paul , Church. The church dates to 1100 and is in Flint, rubble, quartzite and there are some Roman bricks and elsewhere in the building tufa. These walls appear to be very early possibly Saxon. The belfry is 15th with three bells from the 15th and 16th. Brasses date to the 16th. William Byrd, the Elizabethan musician is buried in and a Wall plaque commemorates him. Stondon Massey House . This was the rectory built in 1800 for the then rector Stonden Hall Farm Church Wood . Ancient woodland made up of hornbeam coppice plus oak and ash Round Spring Reservoir Stondon Farm Churchfields Farm

Thames Tributary - Tributary to the River Roding The Tributary flows north westwards to the Roding and is joined by a tributary from the east. Post to the west Stondon Massey Post to the south Stondon Massey Nine Ashes Road 164 Car repair business . Old workshop and Nissen hut Paslow Common - Village Green Black Horse. Closed around 2002 and is now a private house White Horse . Beer house which was next to the Black Horse and burnt down in the 1900s. Paslow Common Farm Pumping Station. Tiny brick building over the smaller tributary stream Picketts Wood Woolmongers Lane Fox Farm Faggs Farm

Thames Tributaries – tributary to the River Roding The tributary flows north towards the Roding Post to the north Paslow Common Post to the west Clapgate Post to the south Doddinghurst Blackmore Road Tipps Cross Remembrance Hall Nine Ashes Road 3- 4 16th house now divided into two. Timber-framed, rendered and colour washed. There are the remains of a bread oven inside. Soams Farmhouse . Timber-framed, roughcast rendered house of 1600. Ongar Road Bricklayers Arms Henry’s Terrace Brook Farmhouse . 17th house. Timber-framed and rendered with mock timber-framing. Cannon's Cottages . House of 1600 divided into two cottages. Timber-framed and rendered 1-4 Giles Charity Almshouses , brick terrace of 16th cottages. A plaque records `The gift of Henry Giles of Stondon Parish 1574 enlarged and repaired 1860'. Reeves Close Council houses Stondon Green Pond Tipps Cross Lane Tipps Cross

Thames Tributary - tributary to the Roding A tributary to the River Roding rises in this area and flows north towards the Roding Post to the west Kelvedon Hatch Post to the north Stondon Massey TQ586998 Rural area with housing among farms and fisheries Back Lane Radio tower Blackmore Road Doddinghurst Place moat – this is a Domesday site. The estate was at one time known as Kensingtons Churchwood Fisheries. Run three carp fishing lakes created in the 1960s. Soaphouse Farm. Listed farmhouse. Soap was made here in the late 18th Meadow Farm Church Wood. This is made up of Hornbeam coppice with alder and ash. Dealtree Close Playing field Hook End Road Outings Lane Barfield Farm School Road Sources British Listed Buildings. Web site Churchwood Fisheries. Web site

Thames Tributary River Roding The Roding continues to flow south and is joined by Cripsey Brook from the west and another tributary from the east TL 55145 02685 This is the southern part of the interesting and ancient town of Chipping Ongar - the market area near the crossing of the Crispey Brook.  The main street climbs from the bridge past shops and pubs. Post to the north Ongar Post to the east Hallsford Post to the south Langford The Borough Cripsey Brook Nature Reserve at Ongar Bridge Ongar Bridge . The bridge was in place at the end of the 15th. Before that it is probable there was a timber bridge and a ford. The county council took it over and built the present three-arched brick bridge in 1797. It was designed by the county surveyor John Johnson. A raised causeway from the Two Brewers to the bridge was also built. The bridge was widened in the 1950s ad the parapet removed while concrete slab extensions were installed as a pavement Ongar Gas-works in use 1836-1934. I