Housham Tye Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Housham Tye
Coordinates:51.775°N 0.1872°W
Shire District:Epping Forest
Shire County:Essex
Region:East of England
Constituency Westminster:Brentwood and Ongar
Postcode Area:CM
Postcode District:CM17
Dial Code:01279
Os Grid Reference:TL509108
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Static Image Caption:Approaching Housham Tye and Willow Cottage from the east
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Housham Tye is a hamlet in the civil parish of Matching, and the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.

The hamlet is 1miles south-west from Matching village and the parish church of St Mary, and 650yd south-west from the village of Matching Tye, separated by the woodland of Matching Park. Conjoined to Housham Tye is the hamlet of Carter's Green. The M11 motorway is one mile to the west, over which is the town of Harlow. Junction 7 of the M11 is 3miles south-west, through which runs the A414 road to the county town of Chelmsford 15miles to the east.

History

A Tye is an area of outlying roadside common land or green, alternatively a settlement surrounding common land or green.[1] [2] Housham was recorded in the Domesday Book as Ouesham.[3] From the 17th century Housham Tye had been part of the demesne of the estate of Housham Hall  - the Hall 1miles to the north and separated from its Housham Tye land. Under a 1921 purchase of the lordship of the manor, Housham Hall (today Housham Hall Farm) demesne split from the Hall, freeing land at Housham Tye.[1]

There are seven Grade II listed buildings at Housham Tye:

Permission has been sought and given for a 0.5 hectare lake on a residential estate in Housham Tye.[6]

Matching parish settlements

Notes and References

  1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol8/pp196-206 "Matching"
  2. http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/index.php/out-and-about/travel/parking-services/185-residents/your-environment/conservation-and-listed-buildings/conservation-area-pages/285-matching-tye-conservation-area "Matching Tye Conservation Area"
  3. Web site: Essex D-K. The Domesday Book Online. 12 February 2022.
  4. 373290. Tadgells. 25 January 2018.
  5. 514488. Pond Cottage. 25 January 2018.
  6. http://www.open-spaces.co.uk/portfolio/housham-tye-lake-and-earth-bunds/#projects_pw_portfolio_grid-3-landscape-architecture "Housham Tye Lake and earth bunds"