Matching Green is a village and the largest settlement in the civil parish of
Matching, in
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. It is east of
Harlow, north-west of
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 th ...
and south-east of
Sawbridgeworth
Sawbridgeworth is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Essex. It is east of Hertford and north of Epping. It is the northernmost part of the Greater London Built-up Area.
History
Prior to the Norman ...
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Matching Green has one of the largest
village green
A village green is a common open area within a village or other settlement. Historically, a village green was common grassland with a pond for watering cattle and other stock, often at the edge of a rural settlement, used for gathering cattle t ...
s 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
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. Du ...
lies to the east of village.
Matching parish settlements
* Carter's Green
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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, ...
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Matching
* Matching Green
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Matching Tye
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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) ...
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Newman's End
Transport
Bus
References
External links
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Matching Green Local HistoryMatching Parish CouncilMatching Green Cricket ClubMatching Green Primary School
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Villages in Essex
Matching, Essex