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==External links== |
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* [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/pageviewer.asp?pnum= |
* [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/pageviewer.asp?pnum=349&zoom=in&dn=BCL8011tif Entry in Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1894] |
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* The local water supply company preserves the old name: [http://www.thws.co.uk/ Tendring Hundred Water Services Ltd] |
* The local water supply company preserves the old name: [http://www.thws.co.uk/ Tendring Hundred Water Services Ltd] |
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Revision as of 03:28, 10 February 2006
Tendring District | |
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![]() 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 120th 141,500 419 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
Politics | |
Tendring District Council http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/ | |
Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
Executive: | Conservative + Liberal Democrats + Independent |
MPs: | Douglas Carswell, Bernard Jenkin |
Tendring is a local government district in North East Essex, England. It extends from the River Stour in the north, to the coast and the River Colne in the south, with the coast to the East and the town of Colchester to the west. Its council is based in Clacton-on-Sea. Places in the district include Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze, Brightlingsea and Harwich.
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. There is also a small Tendring village.
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
External links
- Entry in Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1894
- The local water supply company preserves the old name: Tendring Hundred Water Services Ltd