Lambourne
| Lambourne | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Lambourne Hall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ479961 |
| Location: | 51°38’17"N, 0°7’48"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,828 (est.) |
| Post town: | Romford |
| Postcode: | RM4 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Epping Forest |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Brentwood and Ongar |
Lambourne is a hamlet and a parish in Essex, found approximately 4½ miles south of Epping and five miles northwest of Romford, it is found entirely within the ring of the M25 motorway. It is within the Ongar Hundred.
The parish is mostly rural and agricultural, and lies in the valley of the River Roding which forms the northern boundary of the parish. Lambourne itself barely qualifies to be called a village, but is a hamlet; Lambourne Hall, the parish church of St Mary and All Saints, and a few cottages. This hamlet is at the end of Church Lane; a single road which comes south to Lambourne and no further.
However, the parish of which Lambourne is the centre is broader and encompases a number of farmsteads and hamlets, including Lambourne End and the more substantial village of Abridge to the northwest
Lambourn Place was a large Tudor mansion, situated on the north side of Lambourn church, was owned by Sir Thomas Essex who died in 1558.
The parish, of scattered farms, is mostly hilly, rising to above 300 feet in its centre.
Lambourne End
Lambourne End lies to the south of Lambourne Hall, and not connected to it by road, only by footpath. Hoe Lane and New Road join Lambourne End to Abridge.
Stapleford Aerodrome
Stapleford Aerodrome is located in the east of the parish. Another aviation connection is its status as the location of LAM[1], a VOR navigational beacon which anchors the North East (NE) Arrival Stack for London Heathrow Airport (ICAO: EGLL / IATA: LHR), which along with Biggin Hill, Kent (BIG - SE Arrivals), Bovingdon, Hertfordshire (BNN - NW Arrivals) and Ockham, Surrey (OCK - SW Arrivals) are London's main holds.
Parish Church
The mediæval parish church of St Maryand All Saints is alone in Lambourne hamlet, opposite Lambourne Hall. Its isolated location rather than near a centre of population is typical for Essex.
The church has undergone an unusual Georgian internal remodelling.[2]
Nearby
Hainault Forest Country Park, managed by the Woodland Trust.
History
Like much of the neighbouring area, Lambourne was thickly wooded in the Middle Ages with forest gradually being cleared for agriculture. A few remnants of the historic Hainault Forest are found in the southern fringe of the parish, and now form part of a country park.
Its population was 505 in 1801 rising to 904 by 1841, remaining at about that level for the next century.[3]
References
- ↑ LAM VOR
- ↑ Jenkins, Simon (1999) England's Thousand Best Churches Allen Lane, ISBN 0-7139-9281-6
- ↑ Lambourne: Introduction, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4: Ongar Hundred (1956), pp. 72-6. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=15567. Date accessed: 20 August 2007.
