OLDEST WOODEN CHURCH IN THE WORLD Sunny walk in Chipping Ongar Town English Countryside

Chipping Ongar is a market town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ongar, in the Epping Forest District of the county of Essex, England. It is located 6 miles (10 km) east of Epping, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Harlow and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Brentwood. Ongar was an important market town in the Medieval era, at the centre of a hundred and has the remains of a Norman castle . The Church of England parish church, St Martin's, dates from the 11th century and shows signs of Norman work. The Gothic Revival architect C. C. Rolfe added the south aisle in 1884.St Andrew's Parish Church in Greensted , 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Ongar, is believed to be the oldest wooden church in the world.

[@austin12ascot]

lovely old church.

[@ferraridinoman]

Great work! Lived in Ongar 1961-1977! actually not so much has changed! The school used to be behind Budworth Hall! (Now gone I'm told!. Nice work!. Lived in Marden Ash!

[@anthonysweeting7978]

Used to be a library behind Budworth hall its now sainsburys