Little Bromley
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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 km (6 miles) east northeast of Colchester and 3 km (2 miles) 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 kilometers (1850 acres); the 2001 census reports a population of 289.[2] Most of the population lives on Bromley Road, the main road between Lawford and Little Bentley. The main economic activity is arable farming. The village shop, mentioned in Kelly's Directory of Essex (1914), ceased operating in the 1990's.
The Anglican church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, is no longer used for regular worship and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust[1]. A Methodist chapel, built in 1863, closed in the late 1980's.
The population was reported to be 426 in the 1841 census[3] and 361 in the 1911 census.[4]
[edit] Nearby places
| Ardleigh | Lawford | Manningtree |
| Colchester | Little Bromley | Mistley |
| Elmstead Market | Great Bromley | Little Bentley |
[edit] External links
- 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
- Information about Anglican Church
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epntest/intro.html
- ^ http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census/default.asp
- ^ http://essex1841.com/tendring_hundred_in_essex.htm
- ^ http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/PAGEVIEWER.ASP?fn=0000329S.TIF&dn=BCL8010tif&zoom=in
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