Post-medieval manor of Nazeingbury, Nazeing (EHER 45763)

This site is thought to be the location of the post-medieval manor of Nazeingbury. However, archaeological excavations in 2010 revealed no further information about this site.

At the time of the Dissolution Thomas Cromwell held the Manor of Nazeing on lease. In 1538 Anthony Denny, Privy Councillor to the King, took responsibility for the estates and duties of the lord of the manor. By the 1540s most of the former land belonging to the Church were acquired by Denny in the form of a lease. These lands included Harolds Park, Nazeing Wood and Nazeing Grove that were enclosed with fencing by Denny. On his death his wife was passed the lease and it continued to be passed down the family until 1635 when it was leased outside the family. Eventually the Denny family began to split the estate up to sell. A large part of the estate was bought by Samual Wake Jones in the 1660’s and passed down through the Jones and Wake families to the present time along with the title of Lord of the Manor. An estate map of 1767 shows that the manor covered about 996 acres in the west and 55 acres, called the New Grounds, between Nazeingwood Common and Epping Long Green with some strips in Nazeing Mead. (ERO D/DHt P12, 1767) The present house at Nazeingbury (EHER 33632) incorporates part of a 16th/17th century roof, it was largely rebuilt in the 18th century with a hipped roof and central pediment. The Manor courts were held at the house until 1925. It is a Grade II listed building. The remains of a large moated site (EHER 3422) were obliterated in the 1960s. <1> 2010. Excavation. An archaeological excavation on land to the rear of the Moat House, Nazeing Road was undertaken in compliance with a planning condition attached to planning approval for the construction of two new bungalows. No archaeological finds or features were found. <2>