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Matching, Essex Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Matching, Essex

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Matching, Essex history

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Etymology

Matching’s name is of Saxon origin, derived from the people or tribe of Maecca (Match) who settled in an open area of pasture called an “Ing”, hence ‘Matching’ In the Domesday Book (1086) it was called Matcinga.

Medieval Period

Matching from the mid-medieval period had four manor houses, which now stand on or near their medieval sites. All its Domesday manors were fertile but small and poor — the three small manors held by the Abbey of St Valery, Geoffrey de Mandeville, and Ralph de Tony each had a single ploughteam in 1066. Matching Hall is one of the four and one of three Grade II* architecture buildings in the old village centre.

Extent of woodland/forest

In 1229 Thomas de Arderne, lord of Matching Hall, was given royal licence to impark Matching Wood, which caused local resentment in the 13th and 14th centuries. Housham Hall manor in 1607 contained 7 acres (3 ha) of woodland. Matching contained 70 acres of woodland in 1843 and 49 acres (20 ha) in 1977.

Extent of common land and woodland

Areas of common land and wood/waste listed in the Domesday Book indicated by outlying roadside greens or tyes. Housham Tye, Carter’s Green, and Matching Tye are in the southwest, Peartree Green and Gunnets Green in the east. Matching Green comprised 16 acres (6.5 ha) in 1843, but the cottages retained grazing rights there until 20th century.

Types of Agriculture

Matching had 116 sheep at Housham in 1397, with 6 stots, 3 oxen, a bull, and 17 cows. The small tithes of Matching were customarily paid in cheese, showing the importance of dairy farming.

Milling

A mill was at Matching Hall by 1350. Windmill field in 1624 lay south of the lane leading to Matching. In 1843 there were two windmills in the parish. Matching Mill, a post mill, continued to trade until the 1870s.

Industrial Revolution and Brickmaking Industry

An attempt in 1633 to establish saltpetre works at Matching Green was defeated by local opposition. A belt of land southeast from Down Hall has been exploited for brickmaking.

Education

Matching county primary school originated about 1824 as a church Sunday school. A church day school opened in 1832 was maintained by school pence. It was open to children from Matching, High Laver, and Little Laver. In 1839 there were 97 on the roll.

Matching, Essex landmarks

St Mary’s Church

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is Grade II* listed architecturally. Norman church was probably built on an old Saxon site. Six bells are in the tower, restored in 1990. The clock on the tower was removed from the old church at Epping when the church was pulled down.

Airfield

World War II airfield, RAF Matching, was located nearby in Matching Green. Memorial plaque remembers American airmen who lost their lives in WWII. They came from the 391st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Ninth Air Force.

Marriage Feasting Hall

A notice displayed at the entrance states that the hall was built by William Chimney in 1480. It is a timber framed Tudor building with 19th and 20th century extensions, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles.

Moat House, Matching Green

This timber framed early Tudor period building is clad with red brick Flemish bond later brickwork to the lower floor and plaster to the upper floor is in Matching Green. It enjoys the same architectural status as the above listed buildings.

Matching, Essex geography / climate

The village of Matching is on undulating land separated from the Stort valley by the parishes of Harlow and Sheering. Elevations range between 90 m above sea level and 49 m at Pincey Brook. 30 buildings are architecturally listed, all historic and dating to before the late 19th century.

Matching parish settlements

Villages and hamlets, with historic farms, roads, manors and manors, are named small neighbourhoods. Villages include Matching Green, Carter’s Green, Harlow Tye, Matching Tye and Newman’s End.

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Down Hall Down Hall is a Victorian country house and estate near Hatfield Heath in the English county of Essex. It is surrounded by 110 acres (0.45 km) of woodland, parkland and landscaped gardens, some of which are protected by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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