Spectacular views over the Roding Valley are to be enjoyed when walking South to Lambourne church via various easy walking routes through spectacular open farmland, which is being sympathetically farmed to preserve this unique Green Belt space for all. To the South East is APSE grove, commonly incorrectly called APES grove and has been nicknamed Bluebell. On the SAXTON'S Map of Essex, 1576 it is marked as Heybridge Woodlands The 541 bus links the village with Loughton, Theydon Bois and Epping. Its nearest rail link is Theydon Bois tube station, on the Central Line ( Travelcard Zone 6), 1.6 miles (2.6 km) to the north-east of the village. The main road that links the village with the M11 and Essex and London is the A113. It lies within the M25 orbital, but its closest major road link is the M11 motorway at junction 5 (towards London only). The nearest major settlements are Loughton 2.2 miles (3.5 km) to the West, Chigwell 2.4 miles (3.9 km) to the south-west and Theydon Bois 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-east of the village. It lies on the River Roding and is surrounded by a rural area.

It is closer to London, being 14 miles (23 km) north-west of central London. The village is in the south-west of the county, 16 miles (26 km) from Chelmsford. To the east of the village is Stapleford Aerodrome formerly RAF Stapleford Tawney of 11 Group east sector. Listed buildings include the Blue Boar Inn (early 19th century), the group of medieval buildings that form the Roding Restaurant, the 18th century house immediately north east of the restaurant, Roding House (late medieval) and River Cottage in Ongar Road, and The Maltsters Arms (18th century). The hymn tune 'Abridge' was named after the village by Isaac Smith 1734-1805. A Wesleyan chapel was built in Abridge in 1833 it became Congregational in 1844. Originally in the parish of Lambourne, Holy Trinity Church was built in 1836 before this, parishioners had to walk to three miles to Lambourne Church by a footpath. The boundary of the Conservation Area includes the historic core of the village which is evident on the Chapman and Andre Map of 1777. Increase, put through - enlargement, expansion Ībridge lies on the historically important stagecoach route between London and Chipping Ongar and has been an important crossing point of the River Roding for many centuries. (splitting splitting up division separation), (part detach sever disconnect segregate divorce dissociate divide split split up separate dissever carve up), (separate part), (fencing fence), (splitting splitting up division) īaisse des prix (fr) Īlter, change, modify - abatement, decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down - summary, sum-up - agent, causative agent - redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter - clarify, clear up, elucidate, make clear ĭecrease, diminishing, drop-off, lessening, reduction, weakening - contract, shrink - abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, cut down, foreshorten, reduce, shorten - contract, narrow - concentrate, condense, contract - contract - capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate - concentrate, condense, digest - shorten - shorten - abbreviate, shorten - cutting, film editing - expanding upon, expansion - amplification, elaboration - lucubration - exposition - exposition, expounding - controversy, dilation - expatiation - elaboration, enlargement, expansion - exponent - expositive, expository (meticulous precise exact), (accuracy preciseness precision exactness rightness correctness carefulness meticulousness exactitude) Point to point towards point out indicate

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