Tendring
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| Tendring District | |
|---|---|
 Shown within Essex | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Essex |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 145th 337.58 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Clacton-on-Sea |
| ONS code: | 22UN |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked {{English district rank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
| Politics | |
 Tendring District Council http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Douglas Carswell, Bernard Jenkin |
Sometimes referred to as the "Tendring Peninsula", the district was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the borough of Harwich, with Brightlingsea, Clacton and Frinton and Walton urban districts, and Tendring Rural District. The name Tendring comes from the ancient Tendring Hundred which is named after the small Tendring village at the centre of the area. The Tendring Poor Law Union covered the same area as the present district.
During the English civil war, the witch-finder general, Matthew Hopkins carried out many trials throughout this and the surrounding area especially in the towns of Manningtree and Mistley on the River Stour.
Topology
The highest part of the district is a low (35 metres) ridge running west to east only 3 km south of the River Stour. The greater part of the district is undulating land sloping very gently to the south which is traversed by a number of streams.Parishes
The district is divided into the following parishes. "From" indicates older parishes which have now been merged.- Alresford, Ardleigh
- Beaumont-cum-Moze, Great Bentley, Little Bentley, Bradfield, Brightlingsea, Great Bromley, Little Bromley
- Clacton-on-Sea (town council from Great Clacton and Little Holland), Little Clacton
- Elmstead
- Frating, Frinton and Walton (from Frinton, Great Holland, Kirby-le-Soken and Walton-on-the-Naze)
- Harwich (from Dovercourt and St Nicholas)
- Lawford
- Manningtree, Mistley
- Great Oakley, Little Oakley
- Ramsey and Parkeston
- St Osyth
- Tendring, Thorpe-le-Soken, Thorrington
- Weeley, Wix, Wrabness
Soken
In the extreme east of the district is an area formerly known as the Soken which was granted special privileges in Saxon times. It is remembered in the place names Kirby-le-Soken, Thorpe-le-Soken and Walton-le-Soken (an older name for Walton-on-the-Naze).External links
- [Entry in Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1894]
- The local water supply company preserves the old name: [Tendring Hundred Water Services Ltd]
- [Review of ward boundaries] by the Boundary Committee with maps
- [History notes on the Sokens]
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