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| − | '''Dengie''' is a peninsula in [[Essex]], that also forms a hundred of the county; the '''Dengie Hundred''' | + | '''Dengie''' is a peninsula in [[Essex]], that also forms a hundred of the county; the '''Dengie Hundred'''. |
The peninsula is formed by the [[River Crouch]] to the south, the [[River Blackwater, Essex|Blackwater]] to the north, both of which are tidal, and the [[North Sea]] to the east. The western boundary of the Dengie Hundred runs from [[North Fambridge]] to a little west of [[Maldon, Essex|Maldon]]. | The peninsula is formed by the [[River Crouch]] to the south, the [[River Blackwater, Essex|Blackwater]] to the north, both of which are tidal, and the [[North Sea]] to the east. The western boundary of the Dengie Hundred runs from [[North Fambridge]] to a little west of [[Maldon, Essex|Maldon]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:04, 28 September 2017
Dengie is a peninsula in Essex, that also forms a hundred of the county; the Dengie Hundred.
The peninsula is formed by the River Crouch to the south, the Blackwater to the north, both of which are tidal, and the North Sea to the east. The western boundary of the Dengie Hundred runs from North Fambridge to a little west of Maldon.
At the time of Domesday, the hundred was known as the Witbrictesherna (Wibrihtesherne) Hundred.[1]
The eastern part of the peninsula against the North Sea is marshy: the Dengie Marshes have been declared a Special Protection Area.
Places on the peninsula include:
- Althorne, Asheldham
- Bradwell-on-Sea, Bradwell Waterside, Burnham-on-Crouch
- Cold Norton, Creeksea
- Dengie
- Hazeleigh
- Langford
- Latchingdon
- Maldon
- Mayland, Maylandsea, Mundon
- North Fambridge
- Ostend
- Purleigh
- Ramsey Island
- Snoreham, Southminster, Steeple, Stow Maries, St Lawrence Bay
- Tillingham
- Woodham Mortimer, Woodham Walter
Farming on the Dengie Peninsula
The soil on the Dengie Peninsula is very rich, with a normally mild winter.
The Dengie Peninsula is has some of the oldest and largest vineyards in Britain, including:
References
- ↑ Open Domesday: Wibrihtesherne Hundred
- ↑ "Vineyard predicts fruitful future". BBC News. 6 October 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/essex/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8291000/8291297.stm. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ↑ Hardwick, Ian (28 February 2014). "A February Foray to New Hall Vineyard". English Wine Lovers. http://www.englishwinelovers.co.uk/2014/02/28/a-february-foray-to-new-hall-vineyard/. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
Outside links
- Photographs of the Dengie Hundred
- Information and photographs of the villages of the Dengie Hundred
- Information and photographs of Burnham on Crouch which is the main town of the Dengie Hundred
- The local magazine for Burnham-on-Crouch and the Dengie Hundred villages
- The history of the Dengie Hundred
- Photographs of the Dengie Peninsula at geograph.org.uk
- Bellringing on the Dengie Peninsula
