Little Bromley
| Little Bromley | |
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| Population | 255 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TM095287 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Manningtree |
| Postcode district | CO11 |
| Dialling code | 01206 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Little Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. The name "Bromley" is Old English for "broomy wood/clearing".[2] The village lies 9 kilometres (6 mi) east northeast of Colchester and 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Manningtree. It is surrounded by the parishes of Lawford, Ardleigh, Great Bromley, Little Bentley, and Mistley. Its area is about 7.5 square kilometres (1,853 acres). At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 255.
The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin, is no longer used for regular worship and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3] A Methodist chapel, built in 1863[4], closed in the late 1980s.
Population
[edit | edit source]At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 255.[1]
The population was reported to be 426 in the 1841 census,[5], 361 in the 1911 census,[6], 289 in the 2001 census,[7] and 253 in the 2011 census.[8]
Nearby places
[edit | edit source]| Ardleigh | Lawford | Manningtree |
| Colchester | Little Bromley | Mistley |
| Elmstead Market | Great Bromley | Little Bentley |
References
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- ^ Key to English Place Names Home Page
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- ^ Kelly's Directory of Essex (1914), page 82
- ^ Tendring Hundred in Essex Archived 28 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Essex (1914), page 82
- ^ The census in England and Wales
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External links
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- Entry in "History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Essex" by William White, 1848
- Entry in Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1914
- Village website
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