Kirby-le-Soken

Kirby-le-Soken
Kirby-le-Soken Location within Essex
Area	0.590 km2 (0.228 sq mi)
Population	1,232 (Built up area, 2021) [1]
•  Density	2,088/km2 (5,410/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM220220
Civil parish	Frinton and Walton
District	Tendring
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FRINTON-ON-SEA
Postcode district	CO13
Dialling code	01255
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Clacton
List of places UK England Essex 51°51′04″N1°13′30″E / 51.851°N 1.225°E / 51.851; 1.225

Kirby-le-Soken is a village in the civil parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It lies to the west of Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze. It forms part of the area known as The Sokens. The village is separated from nearby Kirby Cross and the neighbouring towns by fields. The village has two pubs, two churches and a millennium forest.

Every year, the village holds the Grand village fete ^[2] on the last bank holiday of the year which is filled with dog shows, old carnival games and other competitions. there are other small fetes throughout the year as well.

At the 2021 census the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 1,232.

History

Kirby-le-Soken was an ancient parish in the Tendring hundred of Essex. As well as the village of Kirby-le-Soken itself, the parish also included Kirby Cross and surrounding rural areas. The parish was abolished in 1934, when its area was merged with the neighbouring parish of Great Holland and the two urban districts of Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze to become a new urban district called Frinton and Walton. ^[3] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the civil parish), Kirby-le-Soken had a population of 836. ^[4]

References

1. "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.
2. Fete, Kirby. "Kirby Fete". Kirby Fete. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
3. "Relationships and changes Kirby le Soken CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
4. "Population statistics Kirby le Soken CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 27 December 2021.

Media related to Kirby-le-Soken at Wikimedia Commons

• The Kirby-le-Soken History Pages
• Kirby-le-Soken Village Preservation Society
• Kirby-le-Soken War Memorial details