Little Bromley
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 Little Bromley
Little Bromley shown within Essex |
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| Population | 253 |
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| OS grid reference | TM095287 |
| District | Tendring |
| Shire county | Essex |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Manningtree |
| Postcode district | CO11 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
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Little Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex. The name "Bromley" is Old English for "broomy wood/clearing".[1] 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); the 2001 census reports a population of 289,[2] reducing to 253 at the 2011 census.[3] The main economic activity is arable farming. The village shop, mentioned in Kelly's Directory of Essex (1914), ceased operating in the 1990s.
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.[4] A Methodist chapel, built in 1863, closed in the late 1980s.
The population was reported to be 426 in the 1841 census[5] and 361 in the 1911 census.[6]
Nearby places
| Ardleigh | Lawford | Manningtree |
| Colchester | Little Bromley | Mistley |
| Elmstead Market | Great Bromley | Little Bentley |
References
- ↑ Key to English Place Names Home Page
- ↑ The census in England and Wales
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- ↑ Tendring Hundred in Essex
- ↑ Historical Directories
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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