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Ongar may refer to: Essex, England *Ongar, Essex, a civil parish *Chipping Ongar, a town ** Ongar railway station, a former London Underground station * Hundred of Ongar, an ancient administrative unit * High Ongar, a village in Essex Other uses *Ongar, Dublin, Ireland * Ongar, Sindh, an archaeological site in Pakistan *Ileana Ongar (born 1950), Italian Olympic hurdler See also * Onga (other) Onga may refer to: *Onga District, Fukuoka, a district of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan **Onga, Fukuoka is a town located in Onga District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 18,762 and a density of 850 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongar, Essex
Ongar is a civil parish in the Epping Forest District in Essex, England. Other than the town of Chipping Ongar it also includes Greensted, Greensted Green, Marden Ash and Shelley. The local council of the parish is Ongar Town Council. Located approximately 21 miles north-east of London, it is a partially developed parish with large sections of open land. History The name "Ongar" means "grass land". The parish was created in 1965 as an amalgamation of the Chipping Ongar, Greenstead and Shelley civil parishes in the Epping and Ongar Rural District. In 1974 the parish became part of Epping Forest District. Government Ongar Town Council is the local authority for the civil parish. The parish council offices are located in Chipping Ongar. Geography The civil parish includes the following settlements: *Chipping Ongar *Greensted *Greensted Green * Marden Ash * Shelley The shape of the parish is an inverted "L" running from Greensted in the west to Marden Ash to the east, then north ... [...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. In 1961 the parish had a population of 1673. Origin of the name The name "Ongar" means "grass land" (akin to the German word Anger). "Chipping" is from Old English ''cēping'', "a market, a market-place", akin to Danish "købing" and Swedish "köping"; 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 a Norman castle (see below). 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 indicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongar Railway Station
Ongar railway station is a station on the Epping Ongar Railway heritage line, and a former London Underground station in the town of Chipping Ongar, Essex. It was opened in 1865 by the Great Eastern Railway, and became part of London Transport in 1949. Until its closure as such in 1994, it was the easternmost point of the Central line and the eastern buffers remain the point from which all distances on the London Underground are measured. History The station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway on 24 April 1865, serving principally as a goods station taking agricultural produce from the nearby farms into central London. On 29 September 1949, London Underground services took over the operation of the station from British Railways when services were extended from Loughton. Although the rest of the branch was electrified by London Underground before operations were taken over from British Railways, trains on the section north of Epping continued to be hauled by steam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred Of Ongar
Hundred of Ongar was an ancient hundred in the west of the county of Essex, England. Hundred of Ongar was centred on the town of Chipping Ongar. Hundred of Ongar contained the following parishes: ''A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4: Ongar Hundred'' (1956). URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=53. Date accessed: 14 September 2007 *Abbess Roding * Beauchamp Roding *Berners Roding *Bobbingworth or Bovinger *Chigwell *Chipping Ongar * Fyfield *Greensted-juxta-Ongar *High Laver * High Ongar *Kelvedon Hatch *Lambourne * Little Laver *Loughton * Magdalen Laver * Moreton *Navestock *North Weald Bassett *Norton Mandeville * Shelley * Stanford Rivers *Stapleford Abbotts *Stapleford Tawney * Stondon Massey * Theydon Bois *Theydon Garnon *Theydon Mount See also *Hundreds of Essex Between Anglo-Saxon times and the nineteenth century the English county of Essex was divided for administrative purposes into 19 hundreds, plus the Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Ongar
High Ongar is a village and civil parish in the County of Essex, England. It is located a mile (1½ km) north-east of Chipping Ongar, 8 miles (13 km) west of Chelmsford and 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Brentwood. The village of High Ongar has existed since the beginning of the 17th century, although in the Middle Ages it was probably no more than a tiny hamlet. The oldest surviving house in the village is the timber-framed and weather-boarded building immediately east of the church, known as Post Office Cottages. This dates from the late 16th or early 17th century and may have been built as the rectory. Part of it was at one time used as a "lock-up". The most prominent building within High Ongar's Conservation Area is thparish churchof St. Mary the Virgin, which is listed Grade I. The church dates from the mid-12th century although it was extended and restored in the 19th century. Thomas Chase Thomas Chase (died 1449) was a 15th-century judge and cleric who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongar, Dublin
Ongar is an outer western suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Developed on a greenfield basis since 2001, it comprises the townlands of Castaheany (northerly) and "Hansfield or Phibblestown" (southerly), within the ancient Barony of Castleknock, County Dublin. It is close to Castleknock, Blanchardstown and Clonsilla. The development has a number of amenities on the main street, there are several schools in the area, and the nearby railway line at Hansfield railway station connects to the Luas Green Line and ultimately the N3 national route / M3 motorway. Employers in the nearby business parks and "Greater Blanchardstown" include Intel, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Kepak and eBay. History The area was a new build, developing the lands of the stud farm called ''Ongar'', once the residence of Hollywood star Rita Hayworth and her husband Prince Aly Khan. Another part of the area covers the farm and lands belonging to Phibblestown House (built c. 1840). Building of the new suburban deve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ileana Ongar
Ileana Ongar (born 24 March 1950 in Alexandria) is a former Italian hurdler, that was 8th at 1976 Summer Olympics (110 m hs) and earned four medals at the Mediterranean Games. Biography Ileana Ongar participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1976), she has 36 caps in national team from 1971 to 1978. National records * 60 metres hurdles: 8.36 ( Milan, 10 February 1976) – holder until February 1986 * 100 metres hurdles: 13.24 ( Fürth, 13 June 1976) – holder until July 1986 Progression ;100 metres hurdles Achievements National titles Ileana Ongar has won 12 times the individual national championship. *7 wins in 100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ... (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978) *5 wins in 60 metres hurdles indoor (1971, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
