Great Stambridge

Great Stambridge
Great Stambridge
Location within Essex
OS grid referenceTQ899916
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townROCHFORD
Postcode districtSS4

Great Stambridge is a village in the civil parish of Stambridge, in the Rochford District of Essex, England. The village lies 1.5 miles (2 km) east of Rochford, its post town, and 15 miles (24 km) south east of Chelmsford.

Great Stambridge and neighbouring Little Stambridge were historically separate parishes. The were merged into a single parish called Stambridge in 1934.

Features

Great Stambridge has a church called St Mary & All Saints[1] and a pub called The Royal Oak.[2]

History

The name "Stambridge" means 'Stone bridge'.[3] Great Stambridge was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sanforda.[4] Great Stambridge had 3 manors, Great Stambridge Hall, Hampton-Barns and Bretton.[5] Great Stambridge was in the Rochford Hundred of Essex.[6]

On 1 April 1934 the parish was merged with Little Stambridge to form a new civil parish called Stambridge.[7] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the civil parish), Great Stambridge had a population of 355.[8]

References

  1. ^ "St Mary & All Saints, Great Stambridge Church, Essex". Essex Churches. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ "The Royal Oak Stambridge". The Royal Oak Stambridge. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Great and Little Stambridge Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Essex D-K". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ^ Essex ac.uk
  6. ^ "Great Stambridge". GENUKI. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Relationships and Changes Stambridge CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Population Statistics Great Stambridge CP/AP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  • Media related to Great Stambridge at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Great Stambridge". British History Online. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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