East Donyland | |
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A public footpath in woods in East Donyland | |
Location within Essex | |
Population | 1,930 [1] |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | COLCHESTER |
Postcode district | CO5 |
Dialling code | 01206 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
East Donyland is a civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The civil parish includes the village of Rowhedge. [2] The parish touches Fingringhoe and Wivenhoe. [3]
The name "Donyland" means 'Land connected with Dunna'. [4] East Donyland was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as 'Dunilanda'/'Dunulunda'. [5] On 24 March 1891 part of Fingringhoe parish was transferred to East Donyland, on 1 October 1934 part of East Donyland was transferred to Colchester, on 1 April 1946 part of Langenhoe was transferred to East Donyland, [6] on 1 April 2004 part of East Donyland was transferred to Colchester unparished area. [7]
The City of Colchester is a local government district with city status in Essex, England, named after its main settlement, Colchester. The district also includes the towns of West Mersea and Wivenhoe and the surrounding rural areas stretching from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island in the Colne Estuary in the south.
Fingringhoe is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The centre of the village is classified as a conservation area, featuring a traditional village pond and red telephone box. The Roman River flows nearby before entering the River Colne. It has been noted frequently on lists of unusual place names. The village's name actually derives from its geographic circumstances: it sits at the confluence of the smaller Roman River and the River Colne. A "hoe" refers to a jutting out piece of land while "finger" describes an elongated finger-like land extension. "Ing" is a common toponym in the UK referring to "peoples". As such, the name refers to the "people living on the land jutting out into the river".
Rowhedge is a village in the Colchester borough of Essex, England. It is located just over 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Colchester town centre and is part of the civil parish of East Donyland.
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Great and Little Wigborough is a civil parish about 6 miles (10 km) from Colchester, in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England. The parish includes the villages of Great Wigborough and Little Wigborough and the hamlet of Stafford's Corner on the B1026 road. In 2011 the parish had a population of 246. The parish touches Layer Breton, Layer-de-la-Haye, Layer Marney, Peldon, Salcott, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt Knights, Virley and West Mersea. The civil parish forms part of the Winstred Hundred Parish Council. There are 18 listed buildings in Great and Little Wigborough.
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