The Salings

The Salings
Saling Hall, Great Saling
The Salings
Location within Essex
Population527 (Parish, 2021)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRAINTREE
Postcode districtCM7
Dialling code01371
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

The Salings is a civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex, England.[2] It includes Bardfield Saling and Great Saling. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 527.

History

Great Saling and Bardfield Saling were formerly separate parishes. They were merged into a new civil parish called The Salings in 2019.[3]

Governance

There are three tiers of local government covering The Salings, at parish, district, and county level: The Salings Parish Council, Braintree District Council, and Essex County Council. The parish council meets at the village hall on Piccotts Lane in Great Saling.[4][5]

Listed buildings

See also

The Hundred Parishes

References

  1. ^ "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.)
  2. ^ "The Salings". Mapit. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  3. ^ Langston, Brett. "Essex Registration District". UK BMD. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Agendas". The Salings Parish Council. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Village Hall". The Salings Parish Council. Retrieved 27 October 2025.