Matching Green is a village and the largest settlement in the civil parish of
Matching, in
Essex, England. It is 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 upp ...
, north-west of
Chipping Ongar 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 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
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Housham Tye
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Matching
* Matching Green
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Matching Tye
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Newman's End
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Newman's End is a hamlet in the civil parish of Matching, and the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.
The hamlet, at the north of the parish, is less than north-west from Matching village and the parish church of St Mary, ...
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