Langenhoe
| Langenhoe | |
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Junction of School Lane and Mersea Road | |
Langenhoe Location within Essex | |
| Population | 566 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COLCHESTER |
| Postcode district | CO5 |
Langenhoe is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England, located south of Colchester. It shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Abberton.[2] The parish boundary between Abberton and Langenhoe follows Mersea Road (the B1025). The two villages now form a single built up area, which the Office for National Statistics calls "Langenhoe and Abberton". At the 2021 census Langenhoe parish had a population of 566,[1] and the Langenhoe and Abberton built up area had a population of 1,015.[3]
The village church was once reputed to be amongst the most haunted buildings in Essex.[4] This ancient church, which had been damaged in the Essex earthquake of 1884,[5] was closed to worship in 1955 and demolished in 1963 after it was deemed structurally unsafe. The ecclesiastical parish of Langenhoe was merged with Abberton in 1961 to form an ecclesiastical parish called "Abberton with Langenhoe".[6] They remain separate civil parishes, although they share a grouped parish council.
The name Langenhoe is from the Old English for ‘long hill-spur’.[7]
References
- ^ a b "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
- ^ "Parish/Town councils and councillors". www.colchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
- ^ "Population estimates - small area (2021 based) by single year of age - England and Wales". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2025. To get data for individual built-up areas, query the 'Population Estimates / Projections' dataset, then the 'Small area (2021 based) by single year of age - England and Wales' and then choose '2022 built-up areas' for the geography.
- ^ Adams, Paul (29 October 2014). "Ten places to spot ghosts this Hallowe'en". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "MEMORIES: Postcard images show damage caused by the 'Colchester Earthquake'". Gazette. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume I, Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 128. ISBN 0901050679.
- ^ Mills, Anthony David (2003). A dictionary of British place-names. Mills, A. D. (Anthony David), 1935-. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198527586. OCLC 59290127.
External links
- Langenhoe in the Domesday Book