Little Bromley

Little Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. The name "Bromley" is Old English for "broomy wood/clearing".[2] The village lies 9 kilometres (6 mi) east northeast of Colchester and 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Manningtree. It is surrounded by the parishes of Lawford, Ardleigh, Great Bromley, Little Bentley, and Mistley. Its area is about 7.5 square kilometres (1,853 acres). The population was reported to be 426 in the 1841 census,[3] 361 in the 1911 census,[4] 289 in the 2001 census,[5] and 253 in the 2011 census.[1] The main economic activity is arable farming. The village shop, mentioned in Kelly's Directory of Essex (1914), ceased operating in the 1990s.

Little Bromley
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Bromley
Little Bromley Location within Essex
Population	253 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TM095287
Civil parish	Little Bromley
District	Tendring
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Manningtree
Postcode district	CO11
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England

The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin, is no longer used for regular worship and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[6] A Methodist chapel, built in 1863, closed in the late 1980s.