| Epping and Ongar | |
|---|---|
| History | |
| • Created | 1955 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | Epping Forest District Borough of Brentwood |
| Status | Rural district |
| • HQ | Epping |
Epping and Ongar Rural District was a rural district in the county of Essex, England from 1955 to 1974. [1]
It was created in 1955 by the merger of the disbanded Ongar Rural District and most of the disbanded Epping Rural District, except the civil parishes of Great Parndon, Harlow, Latton, Little Parndon and Netteswell, which were largely transferred to the newly created Harlow Urban District reflecting its new town status. The Epping and Ongar administration was based in Epping.
| Parish | Before 1955 († or other) | After 1974 († or other) |
|---|---|---|
| Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Blackmore | Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Bobbingworth | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Chipping Ongar | Ongar Rural District | † Abolished 1965, absorbed by Ongar |
| Doddinghurst | Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Epping Upland | Epping Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Fyfield | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Greensted | Ongar Rural District | † Abolished 1965, absorbed by Ongar |
| High Laver | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| High Ongar | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Kelvedon Hatch | Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Lambourne | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Little Laver | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Magdalen Laver | Epping Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Matching | Epping Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Moreton | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Navestock | Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Nazeing | Epping Rural District | Epping Forest |
| North Weald Bassett | Epping Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Norton Mandeville | Ongar Rural District | † Abolished 1968, absorbed by High Ongar |
| Ongar | † Created 1965 | Epping Forest |
| Roydon | Epping Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Sheering | Epping Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Shelley | Ongar Rural District | † Abolished 1965, absorbed by Ongar |
| Stanford Rivers | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Stapleford Abbotts | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Stapleford Tawney | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Stondon Massey | Ongar Rural District | Brentwood |
| Theydon Bois | Epping Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Theydon Garnon | Epping Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Theydon Mount | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
| Willingale | Ongar Rural District | Epping Forest |
At the time of its dissolution it consisted of 29 civil parishes. Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the District of Epping Forest, except for the civil parishes of Blackmore, Doddinghurst, Kelvedon Hatch, Navestock and Stondon Massey, which became part of the Borough of Brentwood.
Epping Forest District is a local government district in Essex, England. It is named after the ancient woodland of Epping Forest, a large part of which lies within the district. The council is based in the town of Epping. The district also includes the towns of Loughton, Waltham Abbey, Chigwell, Buckhurst Hill, as well as rural areas. The district is situated in the west of the county, bordering north-eastern Greater London.
The Borough of Brentwood is a local government district with borough status in Essex, England. The borough is named after its main town of Brentwood, where the council is based; it includes several villages and the surrounding rural area.
Chigwell was a local government district in south west Essex, England. It contained the settlements of Chigwell, Loughton and Buckhurst Hill; and formed part of the Metropolitan Police District.
Chipping Ongar is a market town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ongar, in the Epping Forest District of the county of Essex, England. It is located 6 miles (10 km) east of Epping, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Harlow and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Brentwood. In 2020 the built-up area had an estimated population of 6420.
Harlow is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Robert Halfon, a Conservative.
Brentwood and Ongar is a constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Burghart, a Conservative, serving since October 2022 as Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office.
Epping Forest is a constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Eleanor Laing, a Conservative.
Epping was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1885 to 1974. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
North Weald Bassett, or simply North Weald, is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. The village is within the North Weald Ridges and Valleys landscape area.
Stapleford Tawney is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. Stapleford Tawney is approximately 4 miles (6 km) west-southwest from Chipping Ongar and 14 miles (23 km) southwest from the county town of Chelmsford.
Ongar is a civil parish in the Epping Forest District in Essex, England. Other than the town of Chipping Ongar it also includes Greensted, Greensted Green, Marden Ash and Shelley. The local council of the parish is Ongar Town Council. Located approximately 21 miles north-east of London, it is a partially developed parish with large sections of open land.
Epping was, from 1894 to 1955, a rural district in the administrative county of Essex, England.
Lambourne is a civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Epping and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Romford. It covers an area of 2,590 acres (1,050 ha), and in 2001 its population was 1,828, increasing to 2,013 at the 2011 Census.
Ongar Rural District was a local government district in Essex, England from 1894 to 1955. It included the small town of Chipping Ongar and the parishes surrounding it.
Epping is a market town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. Part of the metropolitan and urban area of London, it is 17 miles (30 km) north-east of Charing Cross. It is surrounded by the northern end of Epping Forest, and on a ridge of land between the River Roding and River Lea valleys.
Great Parndon is an area and former civil parish in Essex, England, that has been absorbed by the new town of Harlow and is now an electoral ward.
Toot Hill is a village in the Stanford Rivers civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is 2.3 miles (4 km) south-west of Chipping Ongar and 3.5 miles (6 km) east of Epping. Toot Hill is less than a mile from the small hamlet of Clatterford End.
Colliers Hatch, is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stapleford Tawney in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is approximately 2 miles (3 km) east of Epping, 3.5 miles (6 km) west of Chipping Ongar and 7 miles (11 km) north of Romford. Colliers Hatch is 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of the hamlet of Tawney Common, also in the Stapleford Tawney parish.
Harlow District Council is the local authority for Harlow in Essex, England. Harlow is a non-metropolitan district, covering just the town of Harlow itself. The council generally styles itself Harlow Council.
Tawney Common also known as Woodhatch, is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stapleford Tawney in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) east of Epping, 4 miles (6 km) west of Chipping Ongar and 13 miles (20 km) west from the county town of Chelmsford. Stapleford Tawney is approximately 2 miles (3 km) to the south. Tawney Common is south of the hamlet of Collier's Hatch, also in the Stapleford Tawney parish.