Greensted Church

Greensted Church, in the small village of , near in , , has been claimed to be the oldest wooden church in the world, and probably the oldest wooden building in Europe still standing, albeit only in part, since few sections of its original wooden structure remain.
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  • Anglican church
  • …is also known as “Saint Andrew, Greensted Juxta Ongar”
  • Description: church in Greensted, Essex, England, UK
  • Address: Church Lane, Greensted, CM5 9LD

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ongar railway station and Blake Hall tube station.
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is a station on the Epping Ongar… is situated 1 mile east of Greensted Church.
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Blake Hall is a disused former station on the London… is situated 1 mile northwest of Greensted Church.
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is situated 1 mile east of Greensted Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greensted and Chipping Ongar.
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is a small village in the civil parish…
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is a market town in the parish…
is hamlet in the civil parish…

Greensted Church

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Latitude
51.70439° or 51° 42′ 16″ north
Longitude
0.22548° or 0° 13′ 32″ east
Open location code
9F32P63G+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 144445347
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q2294625

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Greensted Church” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Greenstedeko eliza”
  • Chinese: “格林斯泰德教堂”
  • Dutch: “Greensted Church”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه جرينستيد”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo de Greensted”
  • French: “église de Greensted”
  • French: “Église de Greensted”
  • German: “St Andrew’s Church (Greensted)”
  • German: “St Andrew’s Church”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Greensted”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Greensted”
  • Japanese: “グリーンステッド教会”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Greensted Church”
  • Norwegian: “Greensted Church”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Andrzeja Apostoła w Greensted”
  • Russian: “Гринстедская церковь”
  • Ukrainian: “Грінстедська церква”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ongar Wood and Greensted Wood.

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