Thorpe-le-Soken

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Coordinates: 51°51′25″N 1°09′50″E / 51.857°N 1.164°E / 51.857; 1.164
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
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Thorpe-le-Soken is a village in Essex, located west of Walton-on-the-Naze, Frinton-on-Sea and north of Clacton-on-Sea.

History

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

There has been a manor house at Thorpe since about 1150. The old manor house, Thorpe Hall, was owned by the Leake family, and rebuilt in the 1820s by the wealthy lawyer J.M. Leake (d. 1862). It was later leased by Frederic Foaker, owner of Sneating Hall at Kirby-le-Soken. Thorpe Hall was the home of Viscount Byng of Vimy (Governor General of Canada 1921–6), and his wife Evelyn Byng, Viscountess Byng of Vimy, who relandscaped the gardens. [2]

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.[3]

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.[4] The village hosts several shops, pubs and eateries.[5]

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[6] and died at the now demolished Thorpe Hall.[7]
  • 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.[8]
  • Nigel Henderson (artist) (1 April 1917 to 15 May 1985), artist and photographer.
  • Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (7 March 1924 to 22 April 2005) sculptor and artist

References

  1. ↑ Shore, Thomas William (1906), Origin of the Anglo-Saxon Race - A Study of the Settlement of England and the Tribal Origin of the Old English People (1st ed.), London, p. 279 
  2. ↑ "LANDOWNERSHIP: THORPE-LE-SOKEN". Victoria County History. 
  3. ↑
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  5. ↑ "Frinton on Sea, Tendring, Essex, UK - seaside town on the east coast of England". Frinton-on-Sea: Frinton.org. Retrieved 2012-04-09. 
  6. ↑ "Viewing Page 366 of Issue 33348". London-gazette.co.uk. 1928-01-17. Retrieved 2012-04-09. 
  7. ↑ "Tendring District Council Conservation Area Review" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-09. 
  8. ↑ Eminent persons: Biographies, reprinted from the Times. Vol. 1-6. D.. Macmillan. 1893. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 

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