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Thorpe le Soken, Essex

Historical Description

Thorpe-le-Soken, a village and a parish in Essex. The village stands on the road from Colchester to Walton-on-the-Naze, 6 miles N from Clacton-on-Sea, and 11 SW from Harwich. It has a station on the Tendring Hundred branch of the G.E.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Colchester. The parish is a seat of petty sessions. Acreage, 3318; population, 1099. The manor of the Three Sokens belongs to the Chapman family. Thorpe Hall is a chief residence. There are some extensive mailings. In the village there is a workmen's institute and coffee tavern. There were formerly two annual fairs in May and September, but these have been discontinued. The living is a vicarage— in the diocese of St Albans; net value, £308 with residence. The church is a building of red brick and rubble stone, consisting of chancel with organ chamber and N aisle, nave, aisles, N porch, and an embattled western tower. It has some ancient and interesting tombs and monuments, and some good stained windows. There are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyEssex 
Ecclesiastical parishThorpe-Le-Soken St. Mary 
HundredTendring 
Poor Law unionTendring 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Essex is available to browse.

The Essex pages from the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 is online.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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