 All Saints' Church, originally built in about 1115 and restored in the 18th century, also lies within the park grounds.The property, recorded as a 'deer park' in 1342, was held by a series of Essex families including those by the names of Anesty, Montchensy, Valence, Hastings, Grey, Montgomery, Ayloff and Maynard.The lands were purchased by Thomas Darcy in 1650 from the estate of the then Countess of Pembroke.