Little Horkesley

Little Horkesley
St Peter and St Paul, Little Horkesley
Little Horkesley
Location within Essex
Population195 (Parish, 2021)[1]
OS grid referenceTL960321
Civil parish
  • Little Horkesley
District
Shire county
  • Essex
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townColchester
Postcode districtCO6
Dialling code01206
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
  • South Suffolk

Little Horkesley is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles north of Colchester on the south bank of the River Stour. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 195.

In the time of Elizabeth I, the manor of Little Horkesley belonged to the Wentworth family, a branch of the notable Yorkshire family who became Earl of Stafford, and then passed by inheritance to a branch of the St. Lawrence family who had the title Baron and later Earl of Howth.

References

  1. ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
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