Littlebury Green
| Littlebury Green | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's chapel of ease | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL488384 |
| Location: | 52°1’28"N, -0°10’5"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Saffron Walden |
| Postcode: | CB11 |
| Dialling code: | 01799 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Uttlesford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Saffron Walden |
Littlebury Green is a village a mile and a half west of Littlebury in north-western Essex, thee miles west of Saffron Walden. Other hamlets of the parish of Littlebury gathered by Littlebury Green include Catmere End and Chapel Green.
The village is on Littlebury Green Road, three miles west of Saffron Walden and twelve miles south of Cambridge, and 23 miles north-west of the county town, Chelmsford. The M11 motorway runs north to south a mile east of the village.
History
Formerly, Littlebury Green was named 'Stretley' after its position on the Roman road known as Ermine Street, towards Chesterford.[1] A 16th-century will bequeathed a house at "Strelly Green commonly called Littlebury Green".[2] White's Directory mentions the Roman road and of records referring to the settlement as 'Streetly Green'[3]
In 1851 Littlebury Green comprised 32 houses, including two beer-houses. By 2008 the village contained 53 houses.[4]
From 1882 to 1933 Littlebury Green was described as being two miles west-south-west from Littlebury church. A small chapel of ease, built in 1885 by subscription and dedicated to St Peter, held seating for 150. One of the principal landowners was Lord Braybrooke who was also lord of the manor. Within the village were two public houses, the Rose Inn and the Hoops Inn, and in 1933, also a tobacconist.[5][6]
About he village
Apart from St Peter's chapel of ease, there are six Grade II listed buildings in Littlebury Green: the former Hoops public house, a timber-framed house dating to the 17th century; the adjacent Green Farmhouse, a c.1600 two-storey timber-framed and plastered house, with adjoining brick barn; Caitlin's Farmhouse, a c.1600 timber-framed and plastered house with brick-faced bottom storey; and Howe Hall, a 19th-century brick house with its adjoining 18th- 19th-century timber-framed and plastered dovecote.[7][8][9][10][11]
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References
- ↑ Wright, Thomas; (1844), The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain: A Series of Views, From Original Drawings, Accompanied by Historical, Topographical, Critical, and Biographical Notices; Essex, p.49. ISBN 1390963152
- ↑ Emmison, Frederick, George, Essex Wills (England) Volume 2 1565-1571 National Genealogical Society (1982), p.116
- ↑ White, William (1848), Whites Directory of Essex
- ↑ Cole, Kate, J, (2015) Saffron Walden & Around Through Time, Amberley Publishing. ISBN 1445644932
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Essex 1882, p.406
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Essex 1933, p.342
- ↑ National Heritage List 1239236: Bury Cottage the Hoops Former Public House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1231626: Green Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1231625: Catlin's Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1273819: Howe Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1231698: Dovecote at Howe Hall (Grade II listing)