Place:Little Oakley, Essex, England

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NameLittle Oakley
Alt namesAccleiasource: Domesday Book (1985) p 103
Aclemsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 103
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates51.917°N 1.233°E
Located inEssex, England
See alsoTendring Rural, Essex, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1974
Tendring (district), Essex, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Little Oakley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"OAKLEY (Little), a parish in Tendring [registration] district, Essex; 1¾ mile N E of Great Oakley, and 2¾ S S W of Dover court [railway] station. Post-town, Harwich. Acres: 1,119; of which 90 are water. Real property: £1,903. Population: 306. Houses: 66. The property is chiefly divided between two. The manor belongs to Sir H. Rowley, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value: £428. Patron: the Rev. G. Burmester. The church comprises decorated English nave and chancel, and later English tower; and contains a new stone reredos and a new font. There is a national school."

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The parish was part of the Tendring Rural District from 1894 until 1974, and since 1974 it has been located in the Tendring District of Essex.

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