A small stream joins Roxwell Brook here, flowing down the hillside from Skreens Park at the top of the hill. Now Essex's largest Scout centre, hosting Scout and Guide groups from all over Essex and the UK, it has also hosted International Scout Jamborees with visitors from all over the world. It is now a 60 acre multi-activity site, mainly grassland with a large lake for water activities.
In 1848, White’s Directory of Essex stated that Skreens was a large neat mansion, in a beautiful park, about a mile west of the village. The manor of Skreens, was held by the Skreene family in the 15th century, and was purchased by Richard Weston, in 1554. It was sold in 1635, to Sir. John Bramston, Kt., lord chief justice of the King's bench, whose ancestor, William Bramston, was sheriff of London, in 1394. The house was built by Thomas Bramston, Esq., about 1710, but it and the grounds were greatly improved by his successor. Although the house was improved in 1910, by 1920 it had fallen into disrepair and was demolished.
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