Ingatestone and Fryerning

Ingatestone and Fryerning is a civil parish in the Brentwood borough of Essex, England. The parish includes the villages of Ingatestone and Fryerning and surrounding rural areas. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 4,927.

Ingatestone and Fryerning
Civil parish
Coat of arms
Interactive map of Ingatestone and Fryerning
Coordinates: 51°40′35″N 0°21′53″E
Country	England
Primary council	Brentwood
County	Essex
Region	East of England
Status	Parish
Main settlements	Ingatestone, Fryerning
Government
• Type	Parish Council
• UK Parliament	Brentwood and Ongar
Population  (2021[1])
• Total	4,927
Website	Ingatestone and Fryerning Parish Council

Ingatestone Sign

History

Fryerning and Ingatestone were historically two separate parishes. They had complicated boundaries with each other. The built up area of Ingatestone straddled the parish boundary, which ran along the main street through much of the village. Ingatestone parish also had a large detached rural exclave to the north of Fryerning parish.^[2] In 1889 the two parishes were merged into a new civil parish called Ingatestone and Fryerning.^[3][4]

On 1 October 1950 some land around Handley Green was moved to the parish of Margaretting, and at the same time an area to the south-west of Margaretting Hall was added to Ingatestone and Fryerning.^[5]

Governance

There are three tiers of local government covering Ingatestone and Fryerning, at parish, district, and county level: Ingatestone and Fryerning Parish Council, Brentwood Borough Council, and Essex County Council. The parish council is based at 4 The Limes in the centre of Ingatestone.^[6]

When elected parish and district councils were established in 1894, the parish was given a parish council and included in the Chelmsford Rural District.^[7][8] The parish was transferred to Brentwood district in 1974.^[9][10]

Activities

The parish council is responsible for a range of local amenities with the villages:

• Fryerning cemetery
• Closed churchyard in Ingatestone
• Fairfield recreation ground, including provision of play equipment
• Sports pavilion at Seymour Field recreation ground
• Management of sports facilities at Seymour Field, and provision of BMX track
• Provision of bus shelters
• Organisation of village events, including Victorian-themed Christmas evening
• Examining and responding to all planning applications within the parish
• Provision of village signs
• Operation of allotments
• Proposing parking restrictions within parish