North Weald

North Weald is a village in the civil parish of North Weald Bassett the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is located within the North Weald Ridges and Valleys landscape area, 2. 2mi east of Epping, 4. 5mi North-West of Chipping Ongar and 3. 7mi south of Harlow. South Weald is located approximately 8 miles to the southeast. A market is held every Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday at North Weald Airfield. The market used to be the largest open air market in the country but reduced its size over the years To the east of the village is the first organic farm in Essex, Ashlyns Organic Farm. The chairman of the parish council is Cyril Hawkins. HistoryIn 1086 North Weald was one of the most thickly wooded places in Essex. Peter de Valognes' manor in North Weald was said to contain woodland sufficient for 1, 500 swine, showing how wooded the area was. The 'wood of Henry of Essex' in North Weald was mentioned in 1248. In 1260 Philip Basset, Henry's successor as lord of the manor, complained that many robberies were being done in this wood near the road between Ongar and Waltham, and he secured the king's permission to assart (turn forestry into arable land) 6 acres of the wood.

North Weald is a village in the civil parish of North Weald Bassett the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is located within the North Weald Ridges and Valleys landscape area, 2. 2mi east of Epping, 4. 5mi North-West of Chipping Ongar and 3. 7mi south of Harlow. South Weald is located approximately 8 miles to the southeast. A market is held every Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday at North Weald Airfield. The market used to be the largest open air market in the country but reduced its size over the years To the east of the village is the first organic farm in Essex, Ashlyns Organic Farm. The chairman of the parish council is Cyril Hawkins. HistoryIn 1086 North Weald was one of the most thickly wooded places in Essex. Peter de Valognes' manor in North Weald was said to contain woodland sufficient for 1, 500 swine, showing how wooded the area was. The 'wood of Henry of Essex' in North Weald was mentioned in 1248. In 1260 Philip Basset, Henry's successor as lord of the manor, complained that many robberies were being done in this wood near the road between Ongar and Waltham, and he secured the king's permission to assart (turn forestry into arable land) 6 acres of the wood.