Thorpe-le-Soken

Thorpe-le-Soken

Thorpe-le-Soken Thorpe-le-Soken shown within Essex
Population	1,255 (Tendring 007B LSOA 2006)
OS grid reference	TM178223
District	Tendring
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	CO16
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Harwich
List of places: UK • England • Essex

Thorpe-le-Soken is a village in Essex, located west of Walton-on-the-Naze, Frinton-on-Sea and north of Clacton-on-Sea.

1 History
2 Facilities
3 Notable residents
4 References
5 External links

History

Thorpe-le-Soken's history can be traced back to Saxon times.^[1]

The local church, St Michael's, was shown in series 2 episode 4 of the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? where comedian Julian Clary traced a family member to the church.^[2]

Facilities

Thorpe-le-Soken has Rolph CofE Primary School in the High Street, and the Thorpe Campus of Tendring Technology College (Years 7, 8 and 9) in Landermere Road. The village is served by Thorpe-le-Soken railway station. The village used to have a Post Office, but this was closed in a round of government cuts.^[3] The village hosts several shops, pubs and eateries.^[4]

Notable residents

Field Marshal Lord Byng of Vimy GCB GCMG MVO (1862–1935), an officer who served with distinction during World War I and as Governor General of Canada, lived in Thorpe-le-Soken during his retirement^[5] and died at the demolished Thorpe Hall.^[6]
Sir William Gull (1816 – 1890), Royal physician, and suggested as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders, is buried in St Michael's churchyard.^[7]

References

^ Thomas William Shore (February 2008). Origin of the Anglo-Saxon Race - A Study of the Settlement of England and the Tribal Origin of the Old English People. READ BOOKS. pp. 279–. ISBN 9781408637692. http://books.google.com/books?id=tDSsxref4C8C&pg=PA279. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
^ http://archive.thurrockgazette.co.uk/2005/8/23/232369.html
^ http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/content2?catId=57600693&mediaId=57600697
^ http://www.frinton.org/
^ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33348/pages/366
^ http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/842780AB-4F5E-4248-A18D-675D90CD968F/1910/ThorpeleSokenVillageText.pdf
^ Eminent persons: Biographies, reprinted from the Times. Vol. 1-6. D.. Macmillan. 1893. http://books.google.com/books?id=PxIYAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 4 June 2010.

External links

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