Mountnessing
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Essex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
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|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|51.64924|0.34599|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Mountnessing
|population = 1,183
|static_image_name=Mountnessing windmill.jpg
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|static_image_caption=Mountnessing Windmill
|shire_district= Brentwood
|shire_county= Essex
|region= East of England
|constituency_westminster= Brentwood and Ongar
|civil_parish= Mountnessing
|post_town= BRENTWOOD
|postcode_district= CM13, CM15
|postcode_area= CM
|dial_code= 01277
|os_grid_reference= TQ624971
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Mountnessing is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in south Essex, England. It is situated to the north-east of Brentwood and south-west of Ingatestone. A large proportion of the houses are situated on the Roman Road between Brentwood and Ingatestone; it was formerly the A12 until the village was bypassed in the 1970s. The village is approximately equidistant between the two closest railway stations at {{rws|Shenfield}} and {{rws|Ingatestone}}. Its main attraction is Mountnessing Windmill.
History
The village dates from the 12th century when the de Monteny family became the new owners of the manor.{{cite book |title=History of the Brentwood Borough Parishes |date=n.d. |publisher=Brentwood Council |location=Brentwood |url=https://document.brentwood.gov.uk/pdf/10052013105412u.pdf}} This family came from Montigny, Calvados in Normandy, and Mountnessing has been interpreted as "Mountney's Ging", ging being a term for meadow.{{cite web |last1=Mountney |first1=Clive |title=UK East Midlands Mountney Heritage Site |url=https://www.myheritage.com/site-126531952/uk-east-midlands-mountney-heritage-site |website=www.myheritage.com}} Thoby Priory was first recorded as "Ginges", was located in Mountnessing.
Amenities
File:MountnessingParishChurchStGiles.jpg
The parish church of St Giles is located midway between Mountnessing and Billericay.
An annual village fete is held in July. In the Windmill field, there is a village hall, cricket pitch, football pitches and tennis courts.
The village has three pubs (The George and Dragon, The Plough and the Prince of Wales), a butcher's and a hairdressers.
There is a primary school, Mountnessing C of E, on Roman Road.
Sport
The village is home to Mountnessing Cricket Club.
A short-lived greyhound racing track was opened during 1931, at Chain Bridge on the main London Road. The racing was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club) and known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks.{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Julia|title=Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 410|year=1988|publisher=Ringpress Books|isbn=0-948955-15-5}} Racing took place every Saturday at 3pm, but did not continue beyond 1932.{{cite web|url=https://greyhoundracingtimes.co.uk/2019/04/06/brentwood-chain-bridge/|title=Brentwood (Chain Bridge)(|publisher=Greyhound Racing Times}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Mountnessing}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081122091653/http://www.essexinfo.net/mountnessingparishcouncil/ Mountnessing Parish Council website]}}
{{Borough of Brentwood}}
{{Essex}}
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