Wenden Lofts

Wenden Lofts
The former parish church of St Dunstan, now in ruins
Wenden Lofts Location within Essex
Population	63 (Parish, 2021) [1]
•  London	50 mi (80 km)  SE
Civil parish	Wenden Lofts
District	Uttlesford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Saffron Walden
Postcode district	CB11
Dialling code	01763
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Saffron Walden
List of places UK England Essex 52°1′1″N0°7′20″E / 52.01694°N 0.12222°E / 52.01694; 0.12222 [2]

Wenden Lofts is a civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The main settlement in the parish is the hamlet of Lower Pond Street. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 63.

The parish church, dedicated to St Dunstan, was completely rebuilt in 1845–6, replacing a 12th-century building. ^[3] The ecclesiastical parish was united with neighbouring Elmdon in 1931. ^[4] Since then, St Dunstan's Church has become a ruin. ^[3]

Wendon Lofts and Elmdon remain separate civil parishes, but they do now share a grouped parish council, called the Elmdon, Duddenhoe End and Wenden Lofts Parish Council. ^[5]

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. "Wenden Lofts" . Retrieved 22 June 2018.
3. Historic England. "Church of St Dunstan (Grade II) (1274336)". National Heritage List for England .
4. Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume I, Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 156. ISBN   0901050679.
5. "Elmdon, Duddenhoe End and Wenden Lofts Parish Council" . Retrieved 17 November 2025.

External links

• Media related to Wenden Lofts at Wikimedia Commons