Matching Tye
Matching Tye is a village which forms part of the civil parish of Matching, in the County of Essex, England. It is located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east of Harlow, 2.9 Miles (4.8 km) southeast of Sawbridgeworth and 6.3 miles (10.4 km) northeast of Epping.[2]
Matching Tye | |
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Matching Tye Location within Essex | |
Population | 635 (2001)[1] |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HARLOW |
Postcode district | CM17 |
Dialling code | 01279 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
The actor and comedian Rik Mayall was born at Matching Tye.[3][4]
Other Matching parish settlements
- Carter's Green
- Housham Tye
- Matching
- Matching Green
- Newman's End
Transport
There is no railway station in the village, the nearest active rail link is Harlow Mill, 4.2 miles from the village centre.
References
- Parish Profile : Matching Archived 2004-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. Epping Forest District Council
- Scalable map of the Matching Tye region Archived 2008-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- "Rik Mayall". Nndb.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- Stas Bekman: stas (at) stason.org. "02 Personal info (Rik Mayall)". Stason.org. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
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