Little Hallingbury is a small village and a

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in the

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district of

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, England.

Geography

Little Hallingbury parish is on a high rise of ground and contains the small settlements of Gaston Green, Wright's Green and Mott's Green to the south of Little Hallingbury village. It is bordered at the west by the

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over which are the

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parishes of

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and Thorley. The parish of

Hatfield Broad Oak Hatfield Broad Oak (also known as Hatfield Regis) is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is approximately south-east of Bishop's Stortford. Near the church of St Mary the Virgin is former Benedi ...

borders the east,

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and

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the south, and Great Hallingbury the north. The

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runs north to south through the parish.

Community

The parish church of St Mary the Virgin on Wright's Green Lane in Wrights Green is a Grade II* listed church dating to the 12th century, with flint rubble, tile and Roman brick walls, and a 19th-century bell turret with an octagonal spire; the associated Church of England voluntary aided primary school is also on Wright's Green Lane. Little Hallingbury village hall is on the A1060 Lower Street in Wright's Green., Little Hallingbury Parish Council. Retrieved 10 November 2018 Further south on Lower Street beyond the M11 is a site with an equestrian centre and a

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centre. The George Inn on Latchmore Bank is the village public house, a Grade II listed timber framed and plastered building dating to at least the 17th century.

Little Hallingbury Cricket Club pavilion 04 cropped for banner

Little Hallingbury Cricket Club represents the civil parish of Little Hallingbury, with its home ground at Gaston Green. The club plays in the Herts and Essex League, and fields Saturday, Sunday, mid-week and junior teams. Little Hallingbury Mill - geograph

Little Hallingbury Mill, to the west of Gaston Green, is a Grade II* converted

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, which today is a small hotel and restaurant. The current mill was built in 1874, although there was milling on this site for many years before it was converted to a hotel. Although not in commercial use, the mill machinery is in working condition.

Hatfield Forest Hatfield Forest is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, England, east of Bishop's Stortford. It is also a National Nature Reserve and a Nature Conservation Review site. It is owned and managed by the National Trust. A med ...

in neighbouring Hatfield Broad Oak has been a Royal Hunting Forest from the time of the Norman kings. The forest is open to the public and covers of woodland, grassland with trees, lake and marsh. Portingbury Hills in Hatfield Forest is suggested to be a defended settlement or farmstead dated to the

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. According to the National Trust "The main rectangular mound is approximately and is surrounded by a ditch 25 to 35 feet wide, with a flat top."."The history of Hatfield Forest through the Ice-Bronze-Iron-Age ", The National Trust

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St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Hallingbury
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Little Hallingbury Cricket Club
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