Little Bromley

For other uses, see Bromley (disambiguation).
Little Bromley

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Bromley
Little Bromley
 Little Bromley shown within Essex
Population 253 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTM095287
DistrictTendring
Shire countyEssex
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Manningtree
Postcode district CO11
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places
UK
England
Essex

Coordinates: 51°55′03″N 1°02′42″E / 51.91740°N 1.04493°E / 51.91740; 1.04493

Little Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex. 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.

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

  1. 1 2 "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Key to English Place Names Home Page
  3. ↑ The census in England and Wales
  4. ↑ St Mary the Virgin, Little Bromley, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 2 January 2011
  5. ↑ Tendring Hundred in Essex
  6. ↑ Historical Directories
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