Buckhurst Hill

Coordinates: 51°37′55″N 0°02′10″E / 51.632°N 0.036°E / 51.632; 0.036
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Buckhurst Hill
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUCKHURST HILL
Postcode districtIG9
Dialling code020
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
WebsiteBuckhurst Hill Parish Council
List of places
UK
England
Essex

51°37′55″N 0°02′10″E / 51.632°N 0.036°E / 51.632; 0.036

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Buckhurst Hill is a suburban town in

Greater London Urban Area and adjacent to the northern boundary of the London Borough of Redbridge. The area developed following the opening of a railway line in 1856, originally part of the Eastern Counties Railway and now on the Central line of the London Underground
.

History

The first mention of Buckhurst Hill is in 1135, when reference was made to "La Bocherste", becoming in later years "Bucket Hill", originally meaning a hill covered with beech trees.

ecclesiastical parish until 1867.[4] St John's National School was also built in 1838. The lord of the manor gave a site next to the church; the building cost £209, most of which was donated by the church congregation.[5] The opening of Buckhurst Hill station in 1856 saw a rapid expansion in the population of the area; nearly six hundred new houses had been built near the station by 1871, leading to the opening of the Prince's Road school in 1872. Some of the land for this expansion was enclosed from Epping Forest, before this practice was halted by the Epping Forest Act 1878
.

The civil parish of Buckhurst Hill became Buckhurst Hill Urban District in 1894. In 1933, it was merged with the parish of Chigwell and Loughton Urban District to form the Chigwell Urban District.[6] A further merger with Epping Urban District, Waltham Holy Cross Urban District and most of Epping and Ongar Rural District in 1974 brought Buckhurst Hill into Epping Forest District,[7] and in 1996, Buckhurst Hill Parish Council was established as a first tier of local government.[8]

Geography

The town is located at the western edge of Essex, 10.7 miles (17.2 km) north-east of Charing Cross and bordering the London Borough of Redbridge. Parts of Epping Forest in Buckhurst Hill are intermingled with residential areas.

Transport

Buckhurst Hill station

Buckhurst Hill is served by two

London fare zone 5) and Roding Valley (in zone 4), which are on the Central Line. The line directly links the area to central London, as well as local areas including Woodford, South Woodford, Leytonstone, Epping and Loughton.[9]

London Liverpool Street, via Walthamstow and Hackney.[10]

Most bus routes serving Buckhurst Hill are

Bus service 397 can be used to reach Chingford station. [11]

Sport

Buckhurst Hill Cricket Club

Loughton Rugby Union Football Club has its clubhouse and pitches on Hornbeam Road at the south of the town. Buckhurst Hill F.C. is on Roding Lane at the east of the town.

Buckhurst Hill Cricket Club plays in the

Shepherd Neame Essex League, and fields four Saturday XIs, two Sunday XIs, and teams in a junior section. The club plays at two cricket fields: one off Roding Lane at the east of the town; and one at the edge of Powell's Forest (part of Epping Forest
), off High Road at the north of the town.

Education

Primary schools include Buckhurst Hill Community (BHCPS), St John's (Church of England) and Whitebridge.

Roding Valley High School in Loughton provides secondary level education for the area. It was formed by the merger of three schools: Loughton County High School for Girls, Buckhurst Hill County High School (for boys) and Epping Forest High School.

Braeside and Daiglen are independent schools.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Town population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ISBN 9780521075053
    – via Google Books.
  3. ^ [A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4: Ongar Hundred. W R Powell (Editor), 1956 (pp 18–22) http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15534]
  4. ^ "Chigwell: Churches - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
  5. ^ "Chigwell: Schools - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
  6. ^ "Chigwell: Introduction - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
  7. ^ "Epping Forest District Council: History of the District". Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  8. ^ "BUCKHURST HILL PARISH COUNCIL - About Buckhurst Hill". www.essexinfo.net.
  9. ^ "Central Line timetable". May 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  10. ^ "London Overground Timetables". May 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Stops in Buckhurst Hill". Bus Times. 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  12. ISBN 0904920232
  13. ^ Morris, Richard; "Sir William Addison (1905-1992) – a retrospective" in Loughton and District Historical Society: Newsletter 165, March/April 2005, pp.3-5
  14. ^ Winchester College, A Register, 1974, page 108
  15. ^ Kilburn, Terry. "Mark Knopfler Biography". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  16. ^ Paddock, Terri (11 February 2008). ""20 Questions With… Daniel Mays"". whatsonstage.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011.
  17. ^ "Student & graduate profiles: Daniel Mays". RADA. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  18. ^ Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007
  19. ^ Last Man Standing: Memoirs of a Political Survivor, Jack Straw, 2012
  20. ^ General Register Office Birth Index 1946 Q3 Epping 5a 178
  21. ^ "Dick Turpin, Boudica, Hangman's Hill and the Suicide Pool: Tales from Epping Forest". 20 April 2013.

External links

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