Housham Tye


Housham Tye is a hamlet in the civil parish of Matching, and the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.
The hamlet is south-west from Matching village and the parish church of St Mary, and south-west from the village of Matching Tye, separated by the woodland of Matching Park. Conjoined to Housham Tye is the hamlet of Carter's Green. The M11 motorway is one mile to the west, over which is the town of Harlow. Junction 7 of the M11 is south-west, through which runs the A414 road to the county town of Chelmsford to the east.

History

A Tye is an area of outlying roadside common land or green, alternatively a settlement surrounding common land or green. From the 17th century Housham Tye had been part of the demesne of the estate of Housham Hall - the Hall to the north and separated from its Housham Tye land. Under a 1921 purchase of the lordship of the manor, Housham Hall demesne split from the Hall, freeing land at Housham Tye.
There are seven Grade II listed buildings at Housham Tye:
Permission has been sought and given for a 0.5 hectare lake on a residential estate in Housham Tye.

Matching parish settlements