Weeley
| Weeley | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 The Black Boy Inn | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°51’32"N, 1°7’9"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,768 (2011) |
| Post town: | Clacton-on-Sea |
| Postcode: | CO16 |
| Dialling code: | 01255 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Tendring |
Weeley is a small village and parish in the Tendring hundred of Essex. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 1,768.[1] It is served by Weeley railway station on the Sunshine Coast Line. It has bus links to Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester.
The name came from the Old English "Wēo-lēah" meaning "temple clearing". Before the Christian era there may have been a heathen temple here.[2]
The parish church is St Andrew's, Weeley,[3] which shares a priest with neighbouring Little Clacton. There is a Church of England voluntary aided primary school, also dedicated to St Andrew, which traces its foundation to the early date of 1797.[4]
Weeley has two small local parks, and was host to the Weeley Festival in August 1971. Other local facilities include a village hall, a McDonald's restaurant, famously attended by Chelsea F.C. manager José Mourinho[5] and a Premier Inn.
Weeley has a personal weather station in the village, which provides 24/7 live weather conditions and weather forecasts for the area.
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130236&c=CO16+9HG&d=16&e=62&g=6426067&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443177386765&enc=1. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ↑ P. H. Reaney (1969). The Origin of English Place Names. Routledge and Kegan Paul. p. 118. ISBN 0-7100-2010-4.
- ↑ Parish details from the diocesan website.
- ↑ History section of school website.
- ↑ [1].
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