Netteswell
| Netteswell | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Former St Andrew's Church, Netteswell | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL453101 |
| Location: | 51°46’16"N, -0°6’16"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 8,412 (2021) |
| Postcode: | CM20 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Harlow |
Netteswell is a suburb of Harlow in Essex. Until the mid-20th century, Netteswell was a rural parish with a number of small settlements and scattered houses, with the two main settlements being Netteswell Cross in the north and Tye Green in the south.
The parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, stood adjoining the manor house of Netteswellbury in the centre of the parish.
In 1947, Netteswell was included in the designated area for the new town of Harlow. The area has since then been substantially developed. The civil parish of Netteswell was abolished in 1955, when the area was absorbed into Harlow's administrative boundaries. The name Netteswell is now used for one of the wards of Harlow, covering a smaller area than the pre-1955 parish. At the 2021 census, the ward had a population of 8,412.
Name
The name Netteswell comes from the Anglian dialect of Old English and means the stream (wella) of someone called Nethel.[1] The name was historically sometimes recorded as Nettleswell or Netswell.[2][3]
History
The manor of Netteswell, also known as Netteswellbury, was given to the monastery of Waltham Abbey in 1060. A church is known to have existed at Netteswell by 1177, with its parish covering the same area as the manor.[4] The oldest surviving parts of the former parish church, which was dedicated to St Andrew, date from the 13th century.[5] It is a Grade I listed building and is now used as a study centre.[6]
The manor house of Netteswellbury was demolished around 1820 and replaced by a smaller farmhouse on a neighbouring site.[4][7] A number of 15th-century barns survive at Netteswellbury, one of which is both a Grade II* listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[8][9] The barns now form part of the same study centre as the adjoining former church.[10]
At the northern end of the parish, Burnt Mill railway station opened in 1841 on the Northern and Eastern Railway from London to Bishop's Stortford, which was later extended to Cambridge.[11][4]
Following the designation of Harlow as a new town in 1947, the Netteswell area was extensively developed. The small Burnt Mill station was rebuilt at a much larger scale to become the main station for the new town; it was renamed Harlow Town when the rebuilt station opened in 1960.[12][13]
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References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ "History of Netteswell, in Harlow and Essex". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6837. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ Information on Netteswell from GENUKI
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 A History of the County of Essex - Volume 8 pp 206-213: Parishes: Netteswell (Victoria County History)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1111692: Church of St Andrew (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "St Andrew, Netteswell (Harlow)". The British Sundial Society. https://sundialsoc.org.uk/wp_bridol/pages/M1/M1773.html. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1169570: Netteswellbury House (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1337041: Barn East of Netteswellbury House (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1002183: Netteswellbury Barn (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ "Harlow Study Centre". https://www.harlowstudycentre.co.uk/.
- ↑ Moore's Monthly Magazine: Volume 31. 1925. p. 19. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Moore_s_Monthly_Magazine/C-rNAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA19&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1117351: Harlow Town Station including platform structures (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Gordon, D. I. (1968). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The Eastern Counties. p. 116. https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Regional_History_of_the_Railways_of_Gr/L6ESAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22burnt%20mill%22%20station%20opened&dq=%22burnt%20mill%22%20station%20opened&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 26 December 2025.