East Horndon

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Coordinates: 51°34′27″N 0°21′27″E / 51.5743°N 0.3575°E / 51.5743; 0.3575
East Horndon
East Horndon

 East Horndon shown within Essex
OS grid reference TQ633888
Civil parish West Horndon
District Brentwood
Shire county Essex
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRENTWOOD
Postcode district CM13
Dialling code 01277
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament Brentwood and Ongar
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East Horndon is a village in the civil parish of West Horndon, in south of the Brentwood borough of Essex and in the East of England. It is situated just south of the A127 road near Herongate. The village Church of All Saints is located to the north of the A127, and is redundant, but in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

History

There were two manors in East Horndon, Heron on the north of the church and Abbotts on the south. By the 14th century the Tyrells of Herongate had been gaining influence, and became the patrons of the church. This family demolished most of the Norman church, rebuilding it in the present style. The chancel and south transept are late 15th century. There is a splendid limestone figure of Alice, wife of Sir John Tyrell, flanked by her children all named. The south and north chapels were built for the interments of the family. Climb the stairs to enter the south gallery - a pleasant living room for the chantry priest in pre-Reformation times, even a Tudor fireplace. Outside this attractive building is a squat tower with distinctive corner turrets, and a stepped parapet.

Below, on the south of the church, East Horndon is reduced to the original old road to Herongate, winding up the hill, two restaurants and two houses. Crossing the road bridge to the other side and returning the way we have come, we find the old road running off towards the Thames, and in its angle is East Horndon Hall, the old manor or Abbots. There is reputed to have been a tunnel from the Hall to the church across the present Southend Road.

East Horndon once had its own petrol station with a nightlcub known as "Elliots". The nightclub and petrol station still remain today, but they are totally derelict. Many locals visit the nightclub, but it is a very unsafe building.

The southern portion of the traditional parish of East Horndon is now in the unitary authority of Thurrock.

Legends

Two legends persist about the church. One tells of Sir James Tyrell who went to slay a dragon and died. It appears that he had been asked to kill a serpent-type animal which escaped from a ship in the Thames and roamed the woods round the manor of Herongate and the church, terrifying the people. He managed to slay it, chopping of its head, but he died from his exertions. His son, looking for him, trod on a bone of the animal and, gangrene setting in, he lost his leg. The is a glass window at Heron depicting a one-legged man. The legend has recently been reworked in comic book form in London Falling.

The second legend is that Queen Anne Boleyn's head or heart is buried there.[citation needed]

Images

  • Derelict East Horndon Petrol Station Opposite Halfway House Pub

  • Derelict Nightclub known as Elliots or Twilights.

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