Greensted

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Greensted
Greensted Church is believed by many to be the oldest wooden church in the world
Greensted Location within Essex
Civil parish	Ongar
District	Epping Forest
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ongar
Postcode district	CM5
Dialling code	01277
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Brentwood and Ongar
List of places UK England Essex 51°42′11″N 0°13′37″E / 51.703°N 0.227°E / 51.703; 0.227

Greensted is a village and (as Greenstead) a former civil parish, now in the parish of Ongar, Essex, England, strung out along the Greensted Road approximately one mile to the west of Chipping Ongar. In 1961 the parish had a population of 711.^[1]