park's medieval boundaries up to the present day in field boundaries. The length included in the present scheduling represents a sample of the total length of the pale and includes some of the best preserved earthworks. Ongar Park Pale as a hunting ground is defined by its upstanding earthwork banks and partly buried ditches. Archaeology around the area has found artifactual and environmental evidence of a deer park and hunting ground. By the 17th century Ongar Park Pale had virtually disappeared. In the 17th-century Colliers Hatch had experienced some building development. Moat House is a Grade II listed building occupying the centre of an island surrounded by a moat. A causeway across the western arm of the moat provides access to the island. A spur of the ditch extending 4m beyond the outer edge of the western arm of the moat may have served as a watering place for cattle from the adjacent fields. A leat continues southwards for 8m from the eastern arm of the moat linking the moat with adjacent drainage ditches. The moat is marked on a number of historic maps including Chapman and Andre's 1777 Map of Essex, the 1809 'Survey of a Farm in the Parish of Stapleford Tawney' which was reduced from a 1757 survey, and the 1838 Tithe Map of Stapleford Tawney. These show that the moated site has changed little from the late 18th century. Further examples are situated 3.4 km to the north west at North Weald Bassett. Finch's Farm was established in 1681 with a messuage. This is recorded in 1747 as 'Steward Farm'. Alongside this, Tawney Hatch, another house was erected in this era and granted Grade II listed status in 1984. Governance Colliers Hatch is represented at Westminster by Alex Burghart, MP for Brentwood and Ongar. It is strongly Conservative with the Conservatives winning 100% of the vote in 2016's local elections. It lies in the Passingford Ward of Epping Forest District Council's representative areas. Colliers Hatch is represented at the Essex County Council by Maggie McEwan, county councillor for Ongar and Rural. A district and county councillor. In 2017, at the county council elections she won 68.2% of the vote, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 12.6%. This result makes Ongar and Rural the second most Conservative supporting area in Essex, behind North Weald and Nazeing. The hamlet of Colliers Hatch is governed locally by the Stapleford