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Maps of Kelvedon Hatch.
The parish of Kelvedon Hatch is located 3 miles south of Ongar and 4 miles north of Brentwood, on the east bank of the River Roding. It lies on the main road between Ongar and Brentwood (A128). Read the introduction below then click on the links below to see Kelvedon Hatch in the past.
Prior to the 20th century, there were three large estates in the parish, and in the south of the parish was a large area of common land which is now the site of the modern village. This area of common land was caused by the underlying soil (Bagshot Sand); the remainder of the parish is London clay.
During the 19th century the common land became enclosed and farmed; later the modern village was built upon it. In the 1970s, the parish was expanded to take in part of Doddinghurst parish which lay on the east side of the common.
Around the common land were sited a number of cottages and houses of the various tenants and landowners who had been given permission to enclose the Lord's waste. Dominating the common land was a windmill. Before the advent of more sophisticated farming techniques, the common land would have been used for grazing and firewood.
Map of Kelvedon Common for the period 1500-1660.
Map of Kelvedon Hatch (Kelvedon Hall area) 1777.
Map of Kelvedon Hatch and surrounding area 1786.
List of Copyholders who benefitted from enclosure of the Doddinghurst Common Land to the south of Swan Pond in 1858.
The origin of some local names.