Little Bromley
Little Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. The name "Bromley" is Old English for "broomy wood/clearing".[2] 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,[3] reducing to 253 at the 2011 census.[1] The main economic activity is arable farming. The village shop, mentioned in Kelly's Directory of Essex (1914), ceased operating in the 1990s.
Little Bromley | |
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St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Bromley | |
Little Bromley Location within Essex | |
Population | 253 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | TM095287 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Manningtree |
Postcode district | CO11 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
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
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- Key to English Place Names Home Page
- The census in England and Wales
- St Mary the Virgin, Little Bromley, Churches Conservation Trust, archived from the original on 19 January 2011, retrieved 2 January 2011
- Tendring Hundred in Essex Archived 2006-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Historical Directories
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Little Bromley. |
- 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