Theydon Mount

Theydon Mount

St Michael's Church
Theydon Mount
Theydon Mount shown within Essex
Population 163 (2001)
Civil parish
  • Theydon Mount
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament East of England

Theydon Mount is a village and a civil parish in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. The village is notable for the Grade I Listed Elizabethan mansion, Hill Hall.

It is close to the M25 motorway. Theydon Mount parish has an area of 632 hectares and a population of 163 people.[1]

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the town of Epping, the villages of Theydon Bois, Stapleford Tawney, Theydon Garnon, the hamlets of Hobbs Cross, Passingford Bridge, Mount End and Fiddlers Hamlet.

History

The name "Theydon" is thought to mean 'valley where thatch (material) grows'.[2] The word "Mount" derives from the hill which it is located. Theydon Mount has been called Theydon Paulyn, Theydon Lessington, and Theydon Briwes in the past. The names from the former lords of the manor.[3] The name Thoydon Mount has also been used.[4] Theydon Bois, Garnon and Mount were recorded in the Domesday Book as Taindena/Teidana.[5]

Buildings

Hill Hall is a Grade I Listed country house. It was built in 1557-8 for Sir Thomas Smith.[6] Theydon Mount has a church called St Michael which was completed in 1614 by Sir William Smith and is Grade I Listed.[7] The original church was St Michael and St Stephen which burnt down in 1611.[8] Mount Hall was near to the site of Hill Hall, there are no remains of it.[9]

School

Theydon Mount had a school which closed in 1942, the children were transferred to Theydon Garnon.[10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/Council_Services/planning/census/TheydonMount.asp
  2. ↑ "Theydon Bois: Introduction". British History Online. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Theydon Mount: Introduction". British History Online. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Place names History of Theydon Mount, in Epping Forest and Essex". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Essex T-Z". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Hill Hall (408224)". PastScape. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "St Michael's Church (918555)". PastScape. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Theydon Mount: Churches". British History Online. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Mount Hall (408209)". PastScape. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Theydon Mount: Schools". British History Online. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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