Great Stambridge | |
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Location within Essex | |
OS grid reference | TQ899916 |
Civil parish | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Great Stambridge is a village and former civil parish, 15 miles (24 km) south east of Chelmsford,[1] now in the parish of Stambridge, in the Rochford district, in the county of Essex, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 355.[2]
Great Stambridge has a church called St Mary & All Saints[3] and a pub called The Royal Oak.[4]
The name "Stambridge" means 'Stone bridge'.[5] Great Stambridge was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sanforda.[6] Great Stambridge had 3 manors, Great Stambridge Hall, Hampton-Barns and Bretton.[7] Great Stambridge was in the Rochford hundred.[8] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Little Stambridge to form Stambridge parish.[9]