Pole and his wife, dating from 1380. Chrishall Common At the edge of the parish is Chrishall Common, a hill which at is a County Top: the highest point in Essex, and also of East Anglia. Buildings The village has a pub, church, primary school, village hall and adventure playground. The barn attached to The Red Cow public house is the oldest building in Chrishall apart from the church, and is believed to date to 1500. There was once a village shop in front of the pub, however this is now closed. Holy Trinity Church, a 12th-century Grade I Listed Building, is situated on the edge of the main village. A comprehensive set of images and the detailed history of Holy Trinity appear on the parish website. In the centre of the village lies Chrishall Holy Trinity and St. Nicholas C of E Primary School, Jigney's meadow and the adventure playground. The village hall has recently been relocated to the Methodist chapel in Crawley End. Literature Chrishall is the presumed location featuring in the short ghost story The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance by M.R. James, published in A Thin Ghost and Others in 1919. This is an epistolary short story, and the first of its four letters is sent from 'Great Chrishall'. See also The Hundred Parishes References External links Chrishall Village Archive website Parish website Parish Council website Chrishall School website Villages in Essex Uttlesford Highest points of English counties