Little Oakley, Essex
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| Little Oakley | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Little Oakley Hall | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°54’57"N, 1°12’50"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,171 (2011) |
| Post town: | Harwich |
| Postcode: | CO12 |
| Dialling code: | 01255 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Tendring |
Little Oakley is a village and parish in Essex, on the western outskirts of Harwich. The parish population at the 2011 census was 1,171.[1]
It is the site of a fourth-century Roman villa, excavated between 1951 and 1975.[2]
Just north-east of the village is Little Oakley Channel Deposit, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is the site of former channel of the River Thames during an interglacial period about 575,000 years ago.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Little Oakley, Essex) |
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125730&c=CO12+5EA&d=16&e=62&g=6425922&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443115631460&enc=1. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ Baker, John T (2006). Cultural Transition in the Chilterns and Essex Region, 350 AD to 650 AD. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 68. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=958MjgksbckC&lpg=PA68&dq=Little%20Oakley%2C%20Essex&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q=Little%20Oakley,%20Essex&f=false.
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