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Chipping Ongar is a town in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. In the 2001 census had a population of 6000 people.

Geography

Ongar is located at the confluence of several old roads, being placed between Chelmsford and Epping on an east-west axis and between Dunmow and Chigwell (beyond which is London) on a north-south axis. To the south-east lies Brentwood, on the old road to the former River Thames ferry crossing at Tilbury, though the building in the 1970s of the M11 and M25 motorways means that Ongar is no longer directly on a principal route for petrol tankers (and other less prominent vehicles) travelling from the current Dartford Crossing and the Thames Estuary oil refineries.

Chipping Ongar is just one part of the town of Ongar, but is the common name used for the whole town. The parts are, north-to-south: Shelley, Chipping Ongar, and Marden Ash, with Greensted out to the south-west.

The central portion of Ongar High Street comprises a widened main street of the type found in many older English towns whose status as market towns is believed to have originated during the (little chronicled) Saxon period. The widened high street is used to permit some 'no charge' short term parking that benefits the local shops. The high street does however retain a very narrow stretch, with shops and houses either side very close to the road due to pavement that is barely adequate for two people to pass each other. this makes it extremely difficult for the town folk of Ongar, especially R. Lucas who finds it hard to walk let alone walk down a narrow street. However this is one of many tactics that certain people (mainly R. Lucas) have used to snare and 'prey' on unsuspecting males, the narrow passing leaving plently of oppurtunities to 'bump' or 'cup' another body. This is a technique once used by the infamous G. Bailey.

Much of the surrounding countryside is occupied by large mechanised farms devoted currently, for the most part, to arable agriculture. During the twentieth century the proximity of London encouraged dairy farming, but the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s were characterised by the removal of hedges and an increase in average field sizes as cattle numbers diminished. The subsoil is of heavy clay, rendering the land too soggy in winter for sheep, and inviting a greater level of attention to ditching and drain maintenance than has been applied to the district's road network since 1974.

History

Ongar was an important market town in the Mediaeval period, lying at the centre of a hundred and once having a Norman castle. St Martin's church dates from the 11th century and signs of Norman construction can be identified. A small window in the Sanctuary is believed to indicate the existence of an anchorite's cell in mediaeval times.

In the Victorian era, Queen Elizabeth 1st enforced a rule upon Ongar that everyone residing in the hamlet and surrounding areas must ride their penny farthing with no underwear on, a trend continued in the modern day era by R Lucas, who drives her car Bertie with no knickers or bra on.

Ongar's role in local government was downgraded in 1974 with the abolition of Epping and Ongar Rural District Council. By 1990 the area's baby boom generation had grown beyond secondary education and the town's secondary school (opened in 1936 with elegant neo-Georgian buildings fronting Fyfield Road, expanded greatly when it became a comprehensive in the 1960s) was closed despite vigorous local protest. Its buildings were demolished to make way for a new residential development. Secondary school age children from the area are bussed to school in surrounding towns, notably Brentwood and Shenfield. A sports centre and swimming pool, built in the 1970s to serve the comprehensive school, continue to serve the locality. Chipping Ongar Primary School, located on the Greensted Road at the southern edge of the town, and Shelley Primary School at the northern end of town remain. Greensted Church stands 2 miles to the west of the town - it is believed to be the oldest wooden church in the world.

Several of the small private-sector businesses that operated through to the closing decades of the twentieth century have closed down or relocated as the economic focus of the region has been redirected, especially since the opening of the M11 motorway in the 1970s, to larger towns in west Essex, especially Harlow and Brentwood. Local planning policies have focused increasingly on residential development, and Ongar, like very many of the smaller towns in the belt round London, can be viewed primarily as a dormitory town for commuters to London, Brentwood, Harlow and Chelmsford. However, the single track rail line that connected Ongar to Epping (and thereby to London) was closed down in 1994 (see below) and local area road development has not been a priority in recent decades. Ongar also retains a range of retail shops. The words to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star were written in Ongar.Vorlage:Fact Chipping Ongar features in Will Self's novel, The Book of Dave.

Transport

Bus

The main towns buses serve are Brentwood, Chelmsford, Harlow and Epping. The most frequent routes are the 500 and 501 operating hourly.

Route Number	Route	Operational Details	Operator
7/7B	Ivy Chimneys Spotted Dog / Epping Station Vorlage:Rail-interchange to Chelmsford Bus Station Vorlage:Rail-interchange via North Weald	Mon-Fri, 5 return journeys	Regal Busways
32	Ongar Two Brewers to Chelmsford Bus Station Vorlage:Rail-interchangevia Writtle	Mon-Sat, 6 return journeys	Imperial Buses
46	Ongar Two Brewers to Moulsham Oaklands Park via Chelmsford	Mon-Sat, 5 return journeys	First Essex
47	Ongar Two Brewers to Harlow Bus Station via Matching Tye	Tuesdays and Thurs-Sat, 1 return journey	Excel Coaches
146	Ongar Two Brewers to Hatfield Heath White Horse via Fyfield	Tuesday and Thursday, 1 return journey	Excel Coaches
500 Vorlage:Access icon	Ongar Two Brewers to Harlow Bus Station (all journeys) / Old Harlow (peak hours only) via Epping	Mon-Sat every hour	Arriva Shires & Essex
501	Warley Eagle Way (Mon-Sat only) / Ongar Two Brewers (all journeys) to Harlow Bus Station (all journeys) / Old Harlow (Mon-Sat peaks hours) via Brentwood and Epping	Mon-Sat every hour, Sunday every 2 hours	Arriva Shires & Essex There are also school routes operated by N.I.B.S which are routes 434, 436, 437 operating to Shenfield schools and routes 471, 472, 473 operating to Brentwood schools. Also see Essex Bus Routes. Train Since the closure of the Central Line between Epping and Ongar in 1994, there is no longer a daily commuter train service in the town, much to the dismay of R. Lucas who carried out a sponsered, naked, mud march to counteract the decision of the board to close the Central Line. The Epping Ongar Railway operates the former Central Line track, from North Weald Station on Sundays every hour to Ongar Station. The nearest London Underground service to the town is Epping which is served by the Central Line. The closest National Rail service is from Brentwood, which is served by the Shenfield Metro and is operated by National Express East Anglia. In Popular Culture On the Who's album, Live at Leeds, Keith Moon refers to Chipping Ongar in a bit of stage banter as part of the introduction to their so-called "mini-opera," A Quick One, While He's Away. Guitarist Pete Townshend is in the middle of explaining the storyline to the audience, involving a lonely wife and her lover, Ivor the Engine Driver: "So what happens is uh, they uh, fu, they fornicate." Moon interrupts to ask, "What's that, Pete? I thought it was a little station outside Chipping Ongar!" and Townshend tells him, "No no no." Moon, who was the band's drummer, replies, "That's the trouble always sitting here in the back," to which Townshend deadpans back to the audience, "He always gets off at the wrong stop." Chipping Ongar is also the residence of the famous page three model R. Lucas. Ongar is also mentioned in Mel Gibson's popular film Braveheart, in a section where Gibson is discussing where to set camp for the night, he quotes "There is no way one is sleeping here, it's like that time I slept with a fan of mine on Ongar and she threw me out onto the street after I accidently trode on her hamster Bruiser. Twinning Cerizay (France) Grisdaletown, Bournemouth Bitter valley, Isle of Man External links Ongar Town Council Epping Ongar Railway Smith's Brasserie The Cock Travern References Vorlage:Epping Forest Vorlage:Essex