Toot Hill, Essex

Toot Hill is a small village in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located 2. 3mi south-west of Chipping Ongar and 3. 5mi east of Epping. It is in the civil parish, Stanford Rivers. The Parish stands at 1, 749 hectares. Toot Hill also stands less than a mile from the small hamlet of Clatterford End. Toot Hill is best known for its Country Show which has taken place each year since 1953, which occurs on the first Saturday in August. In recent years the show has relocated three miles to the west to a field at Stanford Rivers. The village is also known for its high elevation and panoramic scenery of the surrounding countryside. Aside from these features, Toot Hill has also been the location of a sighting of the 'Beast of Ongar', a legendary 'panther-like' creature the size of a big cat. The parish chairman is John Glover. HistoryToot Hill may originally have been part of the parish of High Ongar, and may have become part of Stanford Rivers about 1280. Like many other towns in this area Toot Hill is made up mainly of scattered farms and cottages. Does Farm here is of late 16th-century origin, faced with brickwork in the 19th century. Also at Toot Hill is a small cottage with one gabled cross-wing which may be of the 16th century or earlier. In 1863, Toot Hill gained a 'sub-post office', in which a village local employed themselves to work for the post office. There was also a windmill at Toot Hill in the 19th century. It was built about 1824. In 1829 it was badly damaged by lightning and the miller was seriously injured. The mill was soon working again and continued to operate until about 1900. It was finally demolished in 1935. It was a wooden post-mill turned by hand. The mill stood on the north side of the road leading to Greensted Green.

Toot Hill is a small village in the Epping Forest district of the County of Essex, England. It is located 2. 3mi south-west of Chipping Ongar and 3. 5mi east of Epping. It is in the civil parish, Stanford Rivers. The Parish stands at 1, 749 hectares. Toot Hill also stands less than a mile from the small hamlet of Clatterford End. Toot Hill is best known for its Country Show which has taken place each year since 1953, which occurs on the first Saturday in August. In recent years the show has relocated three miles to the west to a field at Stanford Rivers. The village is also known for its high elevation and panoramic scenery of the surrounding countryside. Aside from these features, Toot Hill has also been the location of a sighting of the 'Beast of Ongar', a legendary 'panther-like' creature the size of a big cat. The parish chairman is John Glover. HistoryToot Hill may originally have been part of the parish of High Ongar, and may have become part of Stanford Rivers about 1280. Like many other towns in this area Toot Hill is made up mainly of scattered farms and cottages. Does Farm here is of late 16th-century origin, faced with brickwork in the 19th century. Also at Toot Hill is a small cottage with one gabled cross-wing which may be of the 16th century or earlier. In 1863, Toot Hill gained a 'sub-post office', in which a village local employed themselves to work for the post office. There was also a windmill at Toot Hill in the 19th century. It was built about 1824. In 1829 it was badly damaged by lightning and the miller was seriously injured. The mill was soon working again and continued to operate until about 1900. It was finally demolished in 1935. It was a wooden post-mill turned by hand. The mill stood on the north side of the road leading to Greensted Green.