18 Facts About Brentwood Essex

Brentwood Essex is a suburban town with a small shopping area and high street.

Since 1978, Brentwood Essex has been twinned with Roth in Germany and with Montbazon in France since 1994.

The ruin stands in the centre of the high street and the nearby parish church of Brentwood Essex, built in the 1880s, retains the dedication to St Thomas of Canterbury.

Brentwood Essex assizes were sometimes held here, as well as at Chelmsford.

One such pub was The White Hart One of the oldest buildings in Brentwood Essex; it is believed to have been built in 1480 although apocryphal evidence suggests a hostelry might have stood on the site as much as a hundred years earlier and been visited in 1392 by Richard II, whose coat of arms included a White Hart.

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In 1686 Brentwood Essex's inns were estimated to provide 110 beds and stabling for 183 horses.

Brentwood Essex School was founded in 1557 and established in 1558, in Ingrave Road and behind the greens on Shenfield Road by Sir Anthony Browne and the site of Hunter's execution in commemorated by a plaque in the school.

Thomas Munn, 'gentleman brickmaker' of Brentwood Essex, met a less noble end when he was hanged for robbing the Yarmouth mail and his body was exhibited in chains at Gallows Corner, a road junction a few miles from Brentwood Essex, in Romford.

Brentwood Essex was significant as a hub for the London postal service, with a major post office since the 18th century.

Under the Local Government Act 1894, the Brentwood parish formed part of the Billericay Rural District of Essex.

Brentwood Essex Cathedral is currently the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brentwood Essex.

Brentwood Essex was the location of Warley Hospital, a psychiatric hospital, from 1853 to 2001.

Brentwood Essex Theatre is a fully fitted community theatre that serves more than 40 non-professional performing arts groups.

Brentwood Essex is home to the Brentwood Essex Imperial Youth Band, which perform at many events throughout the year.

Brentwood Essex Performing Arts Festival has now been accepted into membership by the British and International Federation of Festivals of which Queen Elizabeth II is patron.

Brentwood Essex has a number of public open spaces including King George V Playing Field, Shenfield Common, and two country parks at South Weald and Thorndon.

Brentwood Essex still has a thriving trampolining community but no longer a local factory.

Also within the borough of Brentwood Essex are Ingatestone and Shenfield stations, which provide fast services to Liverpool Street and East Anglia; West Horndon hosts services between London Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness.