A view of Felsted
Felsted (sometimes spelt 'Felstead') is linked to Little Dunmow
by the Flitch Way Country Park, a former railway line. The village
has links to Lord Riche who founded the public school, The Felsted
School, in 1564, and is buried in Holy Cross Church. Lord Riche was
an important benefactor of the Felsted church. The school also has
links to Oliver Cromwell, who sent his sons there. The valley
between Little Dunmow and Felsted was the location for the only
sugar beet factory in Essex, which is now being redeveloped for
housing in a community called Flitch Green. Felsted is recorded in
the Domesday Book of 1086 as Felesteda, Felstede and Phensteda in
the Hundred of Hinckford, where it was held by Earl Ælfgar as five
hides in the time of King Edward. In 1086, Felstead was part of the
land of La Trinité of Caen, who held four hides. The fifth hide was
no longer in this manor as King William gave three virgates to
Roger God-save-the-ladies and the fourth to Geoffrey
fitzSalomon.
The Church (Holy Cross,) stands on an elevated site, and is seen
at a great distance. It is a fine antique fabric, consisting of a
nave and aisle, a chancel, and a massive square tower, containing
five bells, and having a lantern rising above the battlements. A
small chapel on the south side of the chancel is the burial-place
of the Rich family, and contains a superb monument to the memory of
Richard Lord Rich, who died in 1567, and founded the school and
almshouses.
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