Ardleigh Green
| Ardleigh Green | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Shops in Ardleigh Green | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ535895 |
| Location: | 51°34’60"N, -0°12’59"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hornchurch |
| Postcode: | RM11 |
| Dialling code: | 01708 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Havering |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hornchurch and Upminster |
Ardleigh Green is an Essex village which has become a barely distinguishable suburb of Romford, to the north-east of the town centre.
The village has a small set of shops. The area naturally drains to form the headwaters of a stream, the Ravensbourne which briefly flows, before joining the River Rom.
History
The place was originally a hamlet in the parish of Hornchurch, known as Hardley Green in various orthographies until at least the early 17th century.[1] With various hamlets, Hornchurch, Havering-atte-Bower and Romford it fell within the Liberty of Havering. For many centuries the three old churches of these places remained of chapel and chapelry administrative status only, as the liberty matched the area of the ancient parish of Hornchurch, which provided a substantial living (benefice, of capital and income for the parish priest) in the church.
The first written name Haddeleye suggests an origin meaning "heath clearing" or perhaps "meadow [in the] heather" from the Old English hæþ leah. It was last referred to as "Hardley Green" in 1883, so appearing in that year's Ordnance Survey map.[2]
References
- ↑ A History of the County of Essex - Volume 7 pp 25-31: Hornchurch: Introduction (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9