Greensted Green is hamlet in the Epping Forest

Epping Forest (district)

Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. It is named after Epping Forest, of which the district contains a large part...

 District, in the English county of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. It is positioned at the western end of Greensted

Greensted

Greensted-juxta-Ongar is a village in Essex, England, strung out along the Greensted Road approximately one mile to the west of Chipping Ongar.-Naming:...

, slightly above 2 miles (4 kilometers) to the west of Ongar

Chipping Ongar

Chipping Ongar is a small market town, and a civil parish called Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is located East of Epping, South-East of Harlow and North-West of Brentwood.-Geography:...

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Name origin

The "Green" in the name "Greensted Green" refers to an area directly to the south of the Greensted road and the east of the Toot Hill

Toot Hill

Toot Hill is a village in the Epping Forest District, in the English county of Essex.- Geography :Nearby settlements include the town of Chipping Ongar, the village of Greensted and the hamlets of Greensted Green and Clatterford End.-Location grid:...

road which was fenced off for agricultural use probably towards the end of the nineteenth century. The south western corner of the former green was for many years a marshy area at the confluence of various drainage ditches, but towards the end of the twentieth century it was dug out and extended, to create a small duck and (especially in winter) goose pond.