Little Clacton
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Little Clacton is a small rural village and parish in Essex. It is located on the Tendring Peninsula, close to Clacton-on-Sea. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 2,822.[1]
The village is approximately 12 miles south-east of Colchester and 2½ miles north of Clacton-on-Sea, and is also close to Thorpe-le-Soken where there is a railway station providing direct links to London Liverpool Street station and Clacton-on-Sea.
The parish church is dedicated to St James,[2] and is an early twelfth-century Norman church building.[3] It has three bells in its tower, including one cast by Robert Crouch and dating from 1437.[4]
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125676&c=Little+Clacton&d=16&e=62&g=6426053&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1443177658359&enc=1. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ↑ See the diocesan website directory.
- ↑ See the church page of the local community website.
- ↑ See history section of the parish website.
Outside links
- Location map: 51°49’56"N, 1°8’20"E
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