Baythorne End

Baythorne End
Baythorne End

 Baythorne End shown within Essex
OS grid reference TL724428
Parish Birdbrook
District Braintree
Shire county Essex
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Halstead
Postcode district CO9
Dialling code 01440
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament Saffron Walden
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Baythorne End is a hamlet in the English county of Essex. It is located directly on the border with Suffolk. The hamlet is within the civil parish of Birdbrook and forms a part of the Saffron Walden parliamentary seat. Immediate neighbouring villages include: Ridgewell, Sturmer, Stoke-by-Clare and Wixoe.

Notable buildings include Baythorne Mill, Baythorne Hall and the mansion and estate at Baythorne Park. [1]

The estate was purchased by George Pyke in 1640, where he built the Baythorne Park mansion some 28 years later. The mansion was somewhat larger than Baythorne Hall. Baythorne Park continued to be owned by the Pyke family for well over 200 years.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bettley, James; Nikolaus Pevsner (2007). Essex: The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11614-4. 
  2. ^ "BIRDBROOK : White’s History, Gazetteer & Directory of Essex ~ 1848". Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5k8fXGMJO. Retrieved 29 September 2009. "Baythorn Hall, an old mansion near the Swan, is the property of King Viall, Esq., who also owns the larger and more elegant mansion of Baythorn Park, which has extensive grounds, and stands on a bold acclivity above the river Stour, but is now unoccupied."