__NOTOC__ Littlebury Green is a village in the

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Littlebury Littlebury is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district, north-west Essex, England. The village is approximately a mile and a half from the market town of Saffron Walden, south from Cambridge, the nearest city, and north-east from t ...

and the district of

Uttlesford Uttlesford is a local government district in Essex, England. Its council is based in the market town of Saffron Walden. At the 2011 Census, the population of the district was 79,443. Other notable settlements include Great Dunmow, Elmdon, S ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...

, England. Littlebury Green is one of three settlements, the others Catmere End and Chapel Green, at the west and south-west of Littlebury parish, and subordinate to the parish village of Littlebury near the north-east border with the parish of

Saffron Walden Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London. It retains a rural appearance and some buildings of the medieval period. The population was 15, ...

. The village is on Littlebury Green Road, west from the town of Saffron Walden, south from the city of

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...

, and north-east from the county town and city of

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It ...

. The M11 motorway runs north to south east from the village.

History

Littlebury parish, Chapman and Andre map, 1777, 3-2

During

Roman Britain Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered wa ...

, Littlebury Green was named 'Stretley' after its position on the

Ermine Street Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London ('' Londinium'') to Lincoln (''Lindum Colonia'') and York (''Eboracum''). The Old English name was ''Earninga Strǣt'' (1012), named after a tribe called the ''Earningas' ...

route towards Chesterford. A 16th-century will bequeathed a house at "Strelly Green commonly called Littlebury Green". '' White's Directory'' mentions the Roman road and of records referring to the settlement as 'Streetly Green' In 1851 Littlebury Green comprised 32 houses, including two beer-houses. By 2008 the village contained 53 houses. From 1882 to 1933 Littlebury Green was described as being west-southwest from Littlebury church. A small chapel of ease, built in 1885 by subscription and dedicated to St Peter, held seating for 150. One of the principal landowners was

Lord Braybrooke Baron Braybrooke, of Braybrooke in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1788 for John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, with remainder to his kinsman Richard Neville-Aldworth. Lord How ...

who was also

lord of the manor Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...

. Within the village were two public houses, the Rose Inn and the Hoops Inn, and in 1933, also a tobacconist.''

Kelly's Directory Kelly's Directory (or more formally, the Kelly's, Post Office and Harrod & Co Directory) was a trade directory in England that listed all businesses and tradespeople in a particular city or town, as well as a general directory of postal addresses ...

'' of Essex 1882, p.406''Kelly's Directory'' of Essex 1933, p.342

Governance

Local governance for the parish, including Littlebury Green, is served by Littlebury Parish Council.

Landmarks

Apart from St Peter's chapel of ease, there are six Grade II

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buildings in Littlebury Green: the former Hoops public house, a timber-framed house dating to the 17th century; the adjacent Green Farmhouse, a c.1600 two-storey timber-framed and plastered house, with adjoining brick barn; Caitlin's Farmhouse, a c.1600 timber-framed and plastered house with brick-faced bottom storey; and Howe Hall, a 19th-century brick house with its adjoining 18th- 19th-century timber-framed and plastered dovecote.

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Essex Uttlesford