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Chipping Ongar, Essex

Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar, Essex


Location

Chipping Ongar lies in the west of modern day Essex, but was more central in the historic county. It lies approximately 12 miles WSW of Chelmsford. For additional information, please see Wikipedia:Chipping Ongar and A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4: Ongar Hundred pages 155-8 (pub 1956)

Parish Church

The Parish (C of E) Church is St Martin's, Chipping Ongar which can be glimpsed here on Google Street View. The church's own website provides a brief history, as does A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4: Ongar Hundred pages 162-4

Parish Registers

Essex Record Office shows a holding of five Registers of Baptism (1559 - 1996), seven Marriage Registers (1560 - 2020) and two Burial Registers (1559 - 1910). For additional detail see https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/ParishRegisters.aspx?selAlphabet=C&selParish=2235&selChurch=2236 (accessed 18 Aug 2023)

Adjacent (pre 1832) Parishes

To the east and south of Chipping Ongar is High Ongar. To the west is Greenstead and Bobbingworth. To the north are Shelley.

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