Ardleigh Green
- London
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Havering and Redbridge
Ardleigh Green /ˈɑːrdli/ is an area in east London, England, within the London Borough of Havering. It is 15.5 miles (25 km) east-northeast of Charing Cross. This part of London is predominantly residential.
History
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Toponymy
The place is an enlargement of a hamlet of (within the parish of) Hornchurch, known only as Hardley Green in various orthographies (written forms) until at least the early 17th century.[1] With various hamlets, Hornchurch, Havering(-atte-Bower) and Romford formed not a Hundred (division of a county for minor purposes) but a liberty, 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 and all later forms evidence a clear corruption or natural progression of an older form, meaning "heath clearing" or perhaps more specifically "clearing [in the] heather" from the Old English hæth and lēah. It was last referred to as "Hardley Green" in 1883, so appearing in that year's Ordnance Survey map.[2]
Geography
Ardleigh Green 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.
Transport
The nearest railway stations are Gidea Park, Harold Wood and Emerson Park. There are London Bus services to Hornchurch, Gidea Park and Romford.
Education
Ardleigh Green has a combined junior and primary school, as well as Havering College of Further and Higher Education.
References
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- Ardleigh Green
- Beam Park
- Chase Cross
- Coldharbour
- Collier Row
- Cranham
- Elm Park
- Emerson Park
- Frog Island
- Gallows Corner
- Gidea Park
- Hacton
- Harold Hill
- Harold Park
- Harold Wood
- Havering-atte-Bower
- Heath Park
- Hornchurch
- Hornchurch Marshes
- Noak Hill
- North Ockendon
- Rainham
- Rise Park
- Romford
- Rush Green
- South Hornchurch
- Upminster
- Upminster Bridge
- Wennington
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- The Brewery
- The Liberty
- The Mercury
- Romford Market
- Bedfords Park
- Cranham Brickfields
- Cranham Marsh
- Dagenham Park
- Hainault Forest
- Harrow Lodge Park
- Havering Country Park
- Haynes Park
- Hornchurch Country Park
- Hylands Park
- Ingrebourne Marshes
- Ingrebourne Valley
- Lodge Farm Park
- Pages Wood
- Pyrgo Park
- Rainham Marshes Nature Reserve
- Raphael Park
- St Andrew's Park
- Tylers Common
- Weald Brook
- Wildspace Conservation Park
- Dagenham and Rainham (part)
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Romford
Category
Commons
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