Elmstead Market
| Elmstead Market | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Elmstead war memorial | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM062244 |
| Location: | 51°52’48"N, 0°59’40"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,684 (2018 est.) |
| Post town: | Colchester |
| Postcode: | CO7 |
| Dialling code: | 01206 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Tendring |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Harwich and North Essex |
Elmstead Market is a village in eastern Essex, two miles north-east of Wivenhoe and four miles east of Colchester. It is on the A133 road which runs to Clacton-on-Sea to the south-east and Colchester to the west. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 1,684.[1]
Churches
The Church of England parish church, St Anne, is largely of the 12th century. The main parts of the church have been dated to around 1310; a south chapel was added about 20 years later. The early 14th-century tower only rises one and a half storeys and was never completed.
The village used to have a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, built in 1817. It was demolished in 1999 for a newer chapel to be built in its place. This is now Trinity Methodist Church and is situated on Bromley Road, completed in 2000. In July 2020 it was announced the Methodist church would close. This is now office to a local accountancy firm.
Woodland Trust Wood
The Woodland Trust acquired 104 acres of land west of the village.[2] The new woodland creation project has already seen thousands of trees planted and plans to provide a valuable resource for local people and its wildlife. The new woodlands will be a breeding ground for barn owls and buzzards with the opportunity of more wildlife entering the area. With the dramatic fall in water vole numbers in the local area, the Essex Environmental Trust granted the wood an extra £8,000 to maintain and renew its habitat in order to increase numbers.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Elmstead Market) |
References
- ↑ "Elmstead Market". City Population De. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/essex/E34000941__elmstead_market/. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ↑ Elmstead Market: The Woodland Trust
- ↑ "Cash boost to help the water vole's survival". http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/11868258.Cash_boost_to_help_the_water_vole___s_survival/. Retrieved 2015-08-21.