Great Warley is a village in the Brentwood

Brentwood (borough)

Brentwood is a local government district and borough in Essex in the East of England.-History & Geography:The borough is named after the town of Brentwood which is the main development in the area. There are still large areas of woodland including Shenfield Common, Hartswood , Weald Country Park,...

 borough 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...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is situated to the far south west of the county and near to the Greater London

Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...

 boundary and the M25 motorway.

Consecrated in 1904, the Grade I listed parish church, St. Mary the Virgin

St. Mary the Virgin, Great Warley

St. Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed parish church for Great Warley in the Brentwood borough of Essex, England. It is noted for its unique art nouveau interior, designed by Sir William Reynolds-Stephens....

 http://www.stmary-greatwarley.org.uk/, is noted for its art nouveau

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...

 interiorhttp://www.shelwin.com/e/Ancestry/Heseltine/Great_Warley_Church/Great_Warley_1902church.htm.

History

From 1894 the Great Warley parish formed part of Romford Rural District

Romford Rural District

Romford Rural District was a local government district in south west Essex, England from 1894 to 1934. It surrounded, but did not include, Romford which formed a separate urban district...

 and covered an area of 2793 acres (11.3 km²). In 1901 it had a population of 1,900.

The parish was split in 1934 with 910 acres (3.7 km²) of its former area transferred to the Brentwood parish in Brentwood Urban District

Brentwood Urban District

Brentwood Urban District was a local government district in south Essex, England from 1899 to 1974.The district was created in 1899 from the parish of Brentwood which from 1894 had formed part of Billericay Rural District....

. The remaining area was transferred to Hornchurch Urban District

Hornchurch Urban District

Hornchurch was a local government district in south west Essex, England from 1926 to 1965. The urban district council was based at Langtons House. The district formed a suburb of London and was expanded in 1934...

 which in 1965 was transferred to Greater London to form part of the London Borough of Havering

London Borough of Havering

The London Borough of Havering is a London borough in North East London, England and forms part of Outer London. The principal town in Havering is Romford and the other main communities are Hornchurch, Upminster and Rainham. The borough is mainly characterised by suburban development with large...

.

In 1993 the boundary between Brentwood and Havering was locally realigned to the M25 motorway

M25 motorway

The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The motorway was first mooted early in the 20th century. A few sections, based on the now abandoned London Ringways plan, were constructed in the early 1970s and it ...

 in the west and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway is an English railway line linking Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London with northeast London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area of southern Essex. It is currently known as the Essex Thameside Route by Network Rail...

in the south by the Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No.2) Order 1993.