Little Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. The name "Bromley" is Old English for "broomy wood/clearing".Key to English Place Names Home Page The village lies east northeast of Colchester and south of Manningtree. It is surrounded by the parishes of Lawford, Ardleigh, Great Bromley, Little Bentley, and Mistley. Its area is about . At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 255.
The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin, is no longer used for regular worship and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. A Methodist chapel, built in 1863Kelly's Directory of Essex (1914), page 82, closed in the late 1980s.
Population At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 255.
The population was reported to be 426 in the 1841 census,Tendring Hundred in Essex , 361 in the 1911 census,Kelly's Directory of Essex (1914), page 82, 289 in the 2001 census,The census in England and Wales and 253 in the 2011 census.
Nearby places Ardleigh Lawford Manningtree Colchester Little Bromley Mistley Elmstead Market Great Bromley Little Bentley
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External links
Entry in "History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Essex" by William White, 1848 Entry in Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1914 Village website Little Bromley Parish Council