Colliers Hatch, is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stapleford Tawney in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is approximately east of Epping, west of Chipping Ongar and north of Romford. Colliers Hatch is north of the hamlet of Tawney Common, also in the Stapleford Tawney parish. The hamlet measures and is mostly a collection of scattered houses and farms. As of 2017, there is an estimated average population of 30. The hamlet is governed locally by Stapleford Tawney parish council. History The ancient history of Collier's Hatch can be seen at the discovery of Roman ruins. Alongside this, 108 Roman coins and 9 brooches were found. Archaeologists agree that these stem from the Constantinian period (c. 307-364 AD). The discovery of a Roman site including the remains of Roman regular, imbrue and brick fragments, pottery shards were discovered around what experts believe is a possible Roman villa. The site of which these were discovered is Moat House, a 17th-century building surrounded by a moat. This is currently listed as a Grade II building. In pre-medieval times, Colliers Hatch became a source of charcoal to the capital, London. Geologists have found that the area of Collier's Hatch is rich in charcoal. Charcoal was the main fuel of bread ovens in the capital. Bread ovens were called 'colliers' and many were found in the surrounding woods in the local area, hence the name, Collier's Hatch. Between 1200 and 1350 AD, the wood, originally called Ongar Park Pale (now Kiln Wood) was used as a 500 hectare hunting ground for the local nobility. These enclosed parks were used for the hunting of deer, boar and other wild animals, traditionally adjacent to a manor. These parks were established under the Anglo-Saxon era however popularity for them increased immensely under the Normans. This was estimated to be one of 3,000 nationally. Ongar Park is a particularly early, and a well documented, example of an English deer park and is the earliest known park in Essex. The park has been dated by documentary evidence to the Anglo Saxon period. It was mentioned in a will of 1045 and is one of 36 examples of parks known from throughout the country in Domesday Book of 1086. In the 13th century the park was transformed into the manor of Ongar Park, which resulted in the retention of the majority of the