Little Bromley

Little Bromley
Map sources for Little Bromley at grid reference TM095287
Little Bromley shown within Essex
OS grid reference	TM095287
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Manningtree
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Essex

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] 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 1990s.

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 1980s.

The population was reported to be 426 in the 1841 census^[3] and 361 in the 1911 census.^[4]