- Little Bromley
infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude = 51.91740
longitude = 1.04493
official_name = Little Bromley
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shire_county =Essex
region = East of England
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post_town =Manningtree
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os_grid_reference = TM095287Little Bromley is a village and
civil parish in theTendring district ofEssex . The name "Bromley" isOld English for "broomy wood/clearing". [ [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epntest/intro.html Key to English Place Names Home Page ] ] The village lies convert|9|km|mi|0 east northeast ofColchester and convert|3|km|mi|0 south ofManningtree . It is surrounded by the parishes ofLawford ,Ardleigh ,Great Bromley ,Little Bentley , andMistley . Its area is about convert|7.5|km2|acre|0|lk=on; the 2001 census reports a population of 289. [ [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census/default.asp The census in England and Wales ] ] Most of the population lives on Bromley Road, the main road betweenLawford andLittle Bentley . The main economic activity is arable farming. The village shop, mentioned in [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/PAGEVIEWER.ASP?fn=0000329S.TIF&dn=BCL8010tif&zoom=in Kelly's Directory of Essex (1914)] , ceased operating in the 1990s.The Anglican church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, is no longer used for regular worship and is in the care of the
Churches Conservation Trust [http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/GazatteerChurch.asp?ChurchID=g_56#gazatteer] . AMethodist chapel, built in 1863, closed in the late 1980s.The population was reported to be 426 in the 1841 census [ [http://essex1841.com/tendring_hundred_in_essex.htm Tendring Hundred in Essex ] ] and 361 in the 1911 census. [ [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/PAGEVIEWER.ASP?fn=0000329S.TIF&dn=BCL8010tif&zoom=in Historical Directories ] ]
Nearby places
External links
* [http://www.archipel.demon.co.uk/Tendring/bromleylt.html Entry in "History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Essex" by William White, 1848]
* [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/PAGEVIEWER.ASP?fn=0000329S.TIF&dn=BCL8010tif&zoom=in Entry in Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1914]
* [http://www.littlebromley.org.uk/ Village website]
* [http://www.essexchurches.co.uk/work.asp?p=Little%20Bromley&ty=e Information about Anglican Church]Notes
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