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Matching Green
Matching Green is a village and the largest settlement in the civil parish of Matching, in Essex, England. It is east of Harlow, north-west of Chipping Ongar and south-east of Sawbridgeworth. Matching Green has one of the largest village greens in Essex. The green is almost triangular in shape, covers 5.6 hectares (13.8 acres), contains the local cricket field, and is edged by mainly detached cottages and houses dating from the 14th to 19th century, twenty-eight of which are listed buildings. The village public house is The Chequers at the western edge of the green. The site of the former RAF Matching lies to the east of village. Matching parish settlements * Carter's Green * Housham Tye * Matching * Matching Green * Matching Tye __NOTOC__ Matching Tye is a village which forms part of the civil parish of Matching, in the County of Essex, England. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east of Harlow, 2.9 Miles (4.8 km) south-east of Sawbridgeworth and 6.3 miles (10. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matching, Essex
Matching is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Epping Forest (district), Epping Forest district of Essex, England centred in countryside east of Harlow's modern town centre and from Old Harlow/Harlow Mills area of the town. The terrain is elevated and London is centred to the south-west. History Etymology Matching's name is of Anglo-Saxon England, Saxon origin, derived from the people or tribe of Maecca (Match) who settled in an open area of pasture called an "Ing", hence 'Matching'. In the ''Domesday Book'' (1086) it was called Matcinga. Medieval Period All its Domesday manors were fertile but small and poor – the three small manors held by the Abbey of St Valery, Geoffrey de Mandeville (11th century), Geoffrey de Mandeville, and Ralph de Tony each had a single ploughteam in 1066. Matching from the mid-medieval period had four manor houses, which now stand on or near their medieval sites. Matching Hall is one of the four and one of three Grade I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epping Forest (district)
Epping Forest District is a local government district in Essex, England. It is named after the ancient woodland of Epping Forest, a large part of which lies within the district. The district covers northeastern parts of the urban area of London, including the suburban towns of Epping, Loughton, Waltham Abbey, Chigwell, and Buckhurst Hill, as well as rural areas beyond it. The district is situated in the west of the county, bordering north-eastern Greater London. The administrative headquarters of Epping Forest District Council are in the town of Epping. Neighbouring districts are Brentwood, Broxbourne, Chelmsford, East Hertfordshire, Enfield, Harlow, Havering, Redbridge, Uttlesford and Waltham Forest. In 2021 it had a population of 134,909. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole area of three former districts and most of a fourth, all of which were abolished at the same time: * Chigwell Urban District (whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex
Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the south, Greater London to the south-west, and Hertfordshire to the west. The largest settlement is Southend-on-Sea, and the county town is Chelmsford. The county has an area of and a population of 1,832,751. After Southend-on-Sea (182,305), the largest settlements are Colchester (130,245), Basildon (115,955) and Chelmsford (110,625). The south of the county is very densely populated, and the remainder, besides Colchester and Chelmsford, is largely rural. For local government purposes Essex comprises a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and two unitary authority areas: Thurrock Council, Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea City Council, Southend-on-Sea. The districts of Chelmsford, Colchester and Southend have city status. The county H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brentwood And Ongar (UK Parliament Constituency)
Brentwood and Ongar is a constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Burghart, a Conservative. He served from October 2022 to July 2024 as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office. History The seat was created for the February 1974 general election, primarily from part of the abolished constituency of Billericay. It has always been a safe Conservative seat. It was held by Eric Pickles between the General Election in 1992 and 2017 when he stood down. The Liberal Democrats amassed their largest share of the vote in 1992 (including results for their two predecessor parties). At the 2010 election their candidate was second-placed with 13.6% of the vote, ahead of the Labour Party's candidate, but this proved the peak of their support, as they declined to fourth place in 2015 and then behind Labour in 2017 and 2019. In the 2001 election, Pickles was opposed by Martin Bell, who had represented the Tatton constituency in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlow
Harlow is a town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a Planned community, new town in 1947, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire, and occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the upper River Stort, Stort Valley, which has been made navigable through other towns and features a canal section near its watermill. Old Harlow is a historic village founded by the early medieval age and most of its high street buildings are early Victorian and residential, mostly protected by one of the Conservation Areas in the district. In Old Harlow is a field named Harlowbury, a de-settled monastic area which has the remains of a chapel, a scheduled ancient monument. The M11 motorway passes through to the east of the town. Harlow has its own commercial and leisure economy. It is also an outer part of the London commuter belt and employment centre of the M11 corridor which includes Cambridge and London Stansted Airport to the north. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chipping Ongar
Chipping Ongar () is a market town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ongar, in the Epping Forest District of the county of Essex, England. It is located east of Epping, southeast of Harlow and northwest of Brentwood. In 2020 the built-up area had an estimated population of 6420. Origin of the name The name "Ongar" means "grass land" (cognate with the German word ). "Chipping" is from Old English , "a market, a market-place", akin to Danish and Swedish ; the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury, Chipping Barnet and Chipping (now High) Wycombe. History Ongar was an important market town in the Medieval era, at the centre of a hundred and has the remains of Ongar Castle, which was a Norman castle built in and demolished between 1558 and 1603. The Church of England parish church, St Martin's, dates from the 11th century and shows signs of Norman work. A small window in the chancel is believed to indicate the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawbridgeworth
Sawbridgeworth (traditionally or , now also ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Essex. It is east of Hertford and north of Epping, Essex, Epping. It is the northernmost part of the Greater London Built-up Area. History Prior to the Norman conquest of England, Norman conquest, most of the area was owned by the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon Angmar the Staller. The Manor of "Sabrixteworde" (one of the many spellings previously associated with the town) was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. After the Battle of Hastings it was granted to Geoffrey de Mandeville (11th century), Geoffrey de Mandeville I by William the Conqueror. Local notables have included John Leventhorpe, an executor of both Henry IV of England, King Henry IV and Henry V of England, King Henry V's Will (law), wills, and Anne Boleyn, who was given the Pishobury, Pishiobury/Pishobury estate, located to the south of the town. The Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matching Green CC V
Matching may refer to: Geographical names * Matching, Essex, England ** Matching Green ** Matching Tye Mathematics and computer science * Matching (graph theory), in graph theory, a set of edges without common vertices * Graph matching, detection of similarity between graphs * Matching (statistics), a technique for reducing bias when analyzing data from observational studies * Pattern matching, in computer science, a way to recognize patterns in strings or more general sequences of tokens * String matching algorithm, in computer science, another simpler way to recognize patterns in strings * Stable matching theory, the study of matching markets Economics and finance * Matching funds, funds set to be paid in equal amount to funds available from other sources * Matching principle, an accounting method * Matching theory (economics), the assigning of job candidates to vacancies * Matching corresponding trades, the basic operation for clearing (finance) * Employer matching p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village Green
A village green is a commons, common open area within a village or other settlement. Historically, a village green was common pasture, grassland with a pond for watering cattle and other stock, often at the edge of a rural settlement, used for gathering cattle to bring them later on to a common land for grazing. Later, planned greens were built into the centres of villages. The village green also provided, and may still provide, an open-air meeting place for the local people, which may be used for public celebrations such as May Day festivities. The term is used more broadly to encompass woodland, moorland, sports grounds, buildings, roads and urban parks. History Most village greens in England originated in the Middle Ages. Individual greens may have been created for various reasons, including protecting livestock from wild animals or human raiders during the night, or providing a space for market trading. In most cases where a village green is planned, it is placed in the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Matching
Royal Air Force Matching or more simply RAF Matching is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Harlow, Essex and northeast of London. Opened in 1944, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. During the war it was used primarily as a bomber airfield. After the war it was closed in 1946. Today the remains of the airfield are located on private property being used as agricultural fields. History USAAF use Matching was known as USAAF Station AAF-166 for security reasons by the USAAF during the war, and by which it was referred to instead of location. Its USAAF Station Code was "MT". 391st Bombardment Group The first combat organisation, the 391st Bombardment Group, arrived at Matching on 26 January 1944 from Goodman AAF, Kentucky flying Martin B-26 Marauders. Operational squadrons of the group were: * 572d Bombardment Squadron (P2) * 573d Bombardment Squadron (T6) * 574th Bombardment Squadron (4L) * 575th Bombardment Squadro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housham Tye
Housham Tye is a hamlet in the civil parish of Matching, and the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. The hamlet is south-west from Matching village and the parish church of St Mary, and south-west from the village of Matching Tye, separated by the woodland of Matching Park. Conjoined to Housham Tye is the hamlet of Carter's Green. The M11 motorway is one mile to the west, over which is the town of Harlow. Junction 7 of the M11 is south-west, through which runs the A414 road to the county town of Chelmsford to the east. History A ''Tye'' is an area of outlying roadside common land or green, alternatively a settlement surrounding common land or green."Matching" '' A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8.'' ed. W. R. Powell / Beryl A. Board, |
Matching Tye
__NOTOC__ Matching Tye is a village which forms part of the civil parish of Matching, in the County of Essex, England. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east of Harlow, 2.9 Miles (4.8 km) south-east of Sawbridgeworth and 6.3 miles (10.4 km) north-east of Epping, Essex, Epping. Other Matching parish settlements * Carter's Green * Housham Tye * Matching, Essex, Matching * Matching Green * Newman's EndTransport There is no railway station in the village, the nearest active rail link is Harlow Mill railway station, Harlow Mill, 4.2 miles from the village centre.References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
