Buckhurst Hill
The parish church of St John the Baptist, built in 1838
Buckhurst Hill is located in Essex
Buckhurst Hill
Buckhurst Hill
Location within Essex
Population11,380 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ415935
• London10 mi (16 km) SW
Civil parish
  • Buckhurst Hill
District
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

Buckhurst Hill is a suburban village in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is part of the 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.[2] It lay in Epping Forest and consisted of only a few scattered houses along the ancient road from Woodford to Loughton. Before the building of the railways, Buckhurst Hill was on the stagecoach route between London and Cambridge, Norwich, Bury St Edmunds and Great Dunmow. Originally it was a part of the parish of Chigwell; there was no road connecting the two communities and in order to get to church, parishioners had to ford the River Roding at Woodford.[3] The Parish Church of St John was built in 1838 as a chapel of ease but Buckhurst Hill did not become a separate 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 village 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 Underground stations: Buckhurst Hill (in 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 Overground railway services from nearby Chingford station can be used to reach London Liverpool Street, via Walthamstow and Hackney.[10]

Most bus routes serving Buckhurst Hill are London Buses services, operated by Stagecoach London, despite it being outside the London Buses zone. Services link the village with Chingford, Debden, Ilford, Loughton, Walthamstow and Woodford. 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 village. Buckhurst Hill F.C. is on Roding Lane at the east of the village.

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 village; and one at the edge of Powell's Forest (part of Epping Forest), off High Road at the north of the village.

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. ↑ Reaney, Percy Hide (10 June 2017). The Place-Names of Essex. The University Press. 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. ↑ Kneale, Kenneth (1992); Essex Heritage, Leopards Head Press, pp.3-14. 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. ↑ "Dick Turpin, Boudica, Hangman's Hill and the Suicide Pool: Tales from Epping Forest". 20 April 2013.
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