Ardleigh

Human settlement in England

Ardleigh

District

Tendring

Essex

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCOLCHESTERPostcode districtCO7Dialling code01206PoliceEssexFire Essex Ambulance East of England UK Parliament

Harwich and North Essex

List of places: UK; England; Essex

51°55′37″N 0°58′59″E / 51.9269°N 0.9831°E / 51.9269; 0.9831

Ardleigh /ˈɑːrdli/ is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) northeast from the centre of Colchester and 26 miles (42 km) northeast from the county town of Chelmsford.

History

Ardleigh appears in Domesday Book of 1086, when it is described as a holding of Geoffrey de Mandeville.

The area includes a number of smallholdings founded after the First World War by the Land Settlement Association.^[2] Though the Great Eastern Main Line passes close to the village, the railway station closed in November 1967.

Transport and geography

The closest railway station is Manningtree, 3 miles (5 km) northeast. The village is on the A137 road, a route from Colchester to Ipswich, Suffolk. Ardleigh Reservoir is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) to the southwest.

Governance and population

Ardleigh is in the district of Tendring and the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own Parish Council.^[3] It is part of the electoral ward called Ardleigh and Little Bromley, and includes the area known as Crockleford Heath. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,311,^[4] growing from a population of 2081 recorded in the 2001 census.^[5]

References

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2014.
^ Bercaw, Louise Oldham; "Bibliography on Land Utilization 1918-36"; p. 1011
^ "Town and Parish Council and Clerks Details". Tendring District Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2007.
^ "Ardleigh and Little Bromley Ward population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
^ "2001 Census: Key Statistics > Parish Headcounts > Area: Ardleigh CP (Parish)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 June 2010.