Havering's Grove
| Havering's Grove | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 The Havering's Grove sign, at the centre of the village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ650945 |
| Location: | 51°37’30"N, -0°23’1"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Brentwood / Billericay |
| Postcode: | CM12, CM13 |
| Dialling code: | 01277 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Brentwood / Basildon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Brentwood and Ongar |
Havering’s Grove is a hamlet in Essex, which developed in the twentieth century. It is on the A129 London to Southend road between Hutton and Billericay.
The local pub is The Plough, now a restaurant.
Although the settlement covers an extensive area, the population is not high, due to the low-density nature of the plotland and ribbon development that constitute most of the settlement.
Havering’s Grove takes its name from a wood, first mentioned as Haueringewode in 1291,[1] much of which was destroyed by plotland development. It is not clear what association there was between the wood and the Royal Liberty of Havering, but it may be that the wood was named after a local manor or farm named after a person who had migrated from Havering.[2]
About the village
Fragments of the original Havering's Grove woodland remain in the plotland area, as do fragments of another ancient woodland called Bridge Wood, beside the public right of way. There are also areas of recent secondary woodland in the plotlands. On the east side of the settlement, beside Mouttnessing Brook, lies another old woodland called Shipman's Shaw.[3]
A stream, Havering Grove’s Brook, a tributary of the River Wid, flows through the parish.[4] Parts of the brook are also known as Lapwater Brook.
The Mountnessing Brook, also a tributary of the Wid, flows south-north at the eastern side of the village.[5]
References
- ↑ Reaney, P.H.: 'Place-Names of Essex , Part 12' (English Place-Names Society, 1935)
- ↑ The Place names of Mountnessing, Avril Powell, Essex Place-names Project 1999
- ↑ Harvey, Neil (December 2009). "Basildon District Habitat and Biodiversity Service Level Agreement Report". https://files.basildongag2011.org.uk/store/basildon_district_biodiversity_and_habitat_service_level_agreement_report_2009.pdf.
- ↑ Website citing pressures on the brook http://essexrivershub.org.uk/index.php/rived-wid-mountnessing-to-havering-s-grove-brook-pressures
- ↑ "Basildon Borough Council Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 1 Report Figures B01-B05". https://www.basildon.gov.uk/media/3294/Basildon-Borough-Council-Strategic-Flood-Risk-Assessment-Level-1-Report-Figures-B01-B05/pdf/Basildon_Borough_Council_Strategic_Flood_Risk_Assessment_Level_1_Report_Figures_B01-B05.pdf?m=634460584515630000.