The Salings

The Salings
Saling Hall, Great Saling
The Salings Location within Essex
Population	527 (Parish, 2021) [1]
District	Braintree
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRAINTREE
Postcode district	CM7
Dialling code	01371
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Braintree
List of places UK England Essex 51°54′28″N0°27′39″E / 51.907770°N 0.46084642°E / 51.907770; 0.46084642

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]}

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Bardfield Saling

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.