Late Bronze Age

Hoard in vicinity of Bury found c1873

11th century

Clavering owned by Robert fitzWymark

1042-66

possible date of castle building

1052

reference to 'Robert's castle' Anglo Saxon Chronicle

1086

Domesday reference to possible watermill

Late Saxon/ early Medieval

water engineering complex, castle etc

1100

Sweyn of Essex, lord of manor, died

1150s

alternative possible date of castle building

13th century

castle site abandoned?

1304

The Bury built

14th century

manor of Clavering went to Neville family

1400s

church rebuilt

16th century

manor of Clavering went to Barringtons (non-resident)

1740

reference to castle walls still visible till recently

1970s

The Bury re-dated to 13th century by Adrian Gibson

1990s

The Bury precisely dated by dendochronology

2003

visit of Christopher Taylor, landscape historian