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Matching Tye is a village which forms part of the civil parish of Matching, in the County of
Essex
Essex () is a Ceremonial counties of England, 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 Riv ...
, England. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east of
Harlow
Harlow is a large town and local government district located in the west of Essex, England. Founded as a new town, it is situated on the border with Hertfordshire and London, Harlow occupies a large area of land on the south bank of the uppe ...
, 2.9 Miles (4.8 km) 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 ...
and 6.3 miles (10.4 km) north-east of
Epping.
The actor and comedian
Rik Mayall
Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English actor, stand-up comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University and was a pioneer of alternative ...
was born at Matching Tye.
Other 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
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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 gre ...
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Newman's End
Transport
There is no railway station in the village, the nearest active rail link is
Harlow Mill, 4.2 miles from the village centre.
References
External links
Matching Parish Council
Villages in Essex
Matching, Essex
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