Building of Flitch Green began in 2001. The name 'Flitch' refers to the local Flitch of bacon custom. The flitch of bacon suspended on a hook is frequently mentioned in sources. In that common form it is sometimes referenced as a steel flitch beam. A large crack was found and repaired with flitch plates and turnbuckles. Some would also read passages in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" as alluding to the Dunmow flitch. It is possible that the "flitch of bacon" custom was at one time quite widespread. The prior, impressed by their devotion, bestowed upon them a flitch of bacon. The primary school converted to The Flitch Green Academy in 2011. The metal plate(s) within the beam are known as flitch plates. Flitch trials are still held in modern times at Great Dunmow. Apparently however, this flitch was merely distributed at the annual society dinner. Flitch beams were used as columns in a two-story new construction.