Navestock
civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
Navestock is a civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It is located approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) north-west of the town of Brentwood. The main settlements in the parish are Navestock Heath and Navestock Side. The M25 London orbital motorway passes through the west of the parish. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 646.
The name means ‘the stump on the headland’, which reflects its topography and landscape.
History
The western edge of the parish was within the ancient forest of Essex, and two boundary stones still mark its limits. The church of St Thomas the Apostle dates back to the 12th century, and was subject to St Paul's Cathedral, London, which held the manor of Navestock until the dissolution of the monasteries. After this the manor was in the hands of Sir Brian Tuke and was included when he sold Pyrgo to King Henry VIII in 1544 although Navestock and Stapleford were both subsequently leased to George and Walter Cely, relatives of John Cely who had previously been Paler of the Park of Havering Palace at Havering-atte-Bower.
Sir Edward Waldegrave was lord of the manor of Navestock under Elizabeth I and the Waldegrave family remained the local landowners until the 19th century.
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