Feering

Feering
Feering
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COLCHESTER
Postcode district	CO5
Dialling code	01376
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Witham;
	List of places UK England Essex 51°51′04″N 0°43′05″E / 51.851°N 0.718°E

Feering is a village and

Braintree district of Essex, England. The parish is between Colchester and Witham. The village, which lies at the south-west edge of the parish, is conjoined to the neighbouring village of Kelvedon

. Within the parish are the hamlets of Stocks Green, Skye Green and Langley Green.

Amenities

Feering village has two

Prested Hall

is an historic house which dates back the 14th Century and which now provides hotel accommodation for special events.

Large businesses have offices or trade points in Feering. The nearest post office and convenience store to the village is in Kelvedon; the Old Post Office and shop which was situated on the village green ceased trading in the early 2000s.

The village has footpath links which run through surrounding fields and rural landscape. The Essex Way is not far from the Northern boundary of the parish.

Transport

Feering is close to the

Highways Agency has not released information concerning new routes, which has angered some local residents, who oppose the new proposals.^{[according to whom?}

]

From 1904 to 1951 the village was served by a halt on the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway.

Religion

The ecclesiastical

Grade I listed building.^[4]

Feering Mission is an independent village church, opened in October 1907, on Little Tey Road. It is part of the Fellowship for Evangelising Britain's Villages (FEBV). The church currently serves the local community, working closely with the Scope Home Drummonds, Feering Childminders' Association, and Feering Primary School, and has a link with

Co-op funeral services

in Kelvedon.

References

^ "Parish population 2015". Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ News story on EADT website
^ "All Saints Feering History". United Benefice of Kelvedon and Feering. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
^ Historic England. "Parish Church of All Saints (1123841)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

External links

[1] "Parish population 2015". Retrieved 28 September 2015.

[2] News story on EADT website

[UBKF-All_Saints_Feering_History-3] "All Saints Feering History". United Benefice of Kelvedon and Feering. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

[EH1123841-4] Historic England. "Parish Church of All Saints (1123841)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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