Some Local Places of Interest
Nearby some 20 minutes by car is Greensted Church,
the oldest wooden building in Europe and the oldest wooden church in the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensted_Church
About 30 minutes drive
away is Henry Moores Perry Green home, now the Henry Moore Foundation with an
outstanding display of the world famous sculptors works, Click on the sculpture to visit the foundations website
Hedingham
Castle's Norman keep, 110 feet high, was built c.1140 by Aubrey de Vere
and is still owned by one of his descendants, The Honourable Thomas Lindsay and
his wife Virginia. There are four floors to explore, including a magnificent
Banqueting Hall spanned by a remarkable 28 foot arch, one of the
largest Norman arches in England. A good view of this splendid room can be
obtained from the Minstrels' Gallery, built within the thickness of the
12 foot walls.Castle Hedingham is around 40 miles from Epping Green
Colne Valley Railway Castle Hedingham Distance 40 miles
Come and sample the atmosphere and
take a ride on our award winning period country railway. A really pretty line,
relocated station buildings, signal boxes and bridges all lovingly restored and
rebuilt. A large and varied collection of operational vintage steam and diesel
engines, carriages and wagons that represent much of our Railway Heritage is
available to explore around a 20 acre site.
The Abbey at Waltham Holy Cross
Distance 6 miles
The Abbey at Waltham was the last in the country to be
dissolved by Henry VIII in 1540. There had been a church on the site for
hundreds of years, although the building had been rebuilt several times.
A settlement existed here in Saxon times, but the earliest recorded
history of the town dates back to the reign of King Canute (d.1035) when a
member of the royal court, Tovi the Proud, brought a miraculous stone
crucifix from his estate in Somerset to Waltham. From this is derived the
old name for the district, Waltham Holy Cross.
Distance 6 miles
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The
church containing the cross was rebuilt by Harold Godwinsson, later
King Harold II, in the 1050's as a college of secular canons.
After his demise at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, Harold's body
was taken to Waltham Abbey and buried. Today, two stones mark the
spot, just to the east of the present building, where his body is
beleived to lie. The inscription on one reads: "THIS
STONE MARKS THE POSITION OF THE HIGH ALTER BEHIND WHICH KING HAROLD
IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BURIED 1066" and on the other "HAROLD
KING OF ENGLAND OBVT 1066"
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