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Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in north-eastern Essex, England. At the 2021 census the built up area had a population of 130,245, making it the second-largest settlement in Essex, after Southend-on-Sea. It gives its name to the wider Colchester local government district which also covers an extensive surrounding area. The demonym is Colcestrian.

Wivenhoe
Wivenhoe ( ) is a town and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It lies approximately south-east of Colchester. The historic core of Wivenhoe stands on the left bank of the River Colne, which is tidal at this point. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 7,586 and the built up area had a population of 7,350.
Colchester
non-metropolitan district with city and borough status in Essex, England
Dedham
village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK
Abberton
village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK

Great Tey
village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK

Peldon
thumb|upright=1.2|20th-century map of Peldon
Peldon is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parishes of Great and Little Wigborough, Salcott, and Virley, called the Winstred Hundred parish council. Nearby villages include Langenhoe. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and is a Grade I listed building. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 568.

Layer de la Haye
village in Essex, England, UK

Wormingford
Wormingford is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 450.

Marks Tey
village in Essex, England, UK

West Bergholt
village in Essex, England, UK

Great Horkesley
village in Essex, England, UK

Copford
Copford is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is west of Colchester, and the hamlet of Copford Green is found a short distance to the south. The poet Matthew Arnold noted he was struck by "the deeply rural character of the village and neighbourhood." The parish also includes the village of Easthorpe. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,726.

Tiptree
Tiptree is a large village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is situated south-west of Colchester and around north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch, Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 9,628 and the built up area had a population of 9,300.

Fordham
village and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom
Virley
Virley is a small village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It lies south of Colchester. Virley closely adjoins the neighbouring village of Salcott, from which it is separated by Virley Brook, also known as Salcott Creek. The two settlements are sometimes described as one village called Salcott-cum-Virley; they have formed a single ecclesiastical parish called Salcott Virley since 1879. At the 2021 census the civil parish of Virley had a population of 64. Virley shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parishes of Great and Little Wigborough, P

Little Horkesley
village in Essex, England, UK

Langham
village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK

Mount Bures
village in Essex, England
Fingringhoe
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. The name means "hill-spur of the Fingringas", a tribal name denoting the "people who dwell on the finger of land". It has frequently appeared on lists of unusual place-names. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 764.
Aldham
village in Essex, England, UK

Birch
village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK
Stanway
village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK

Eight Ash Green
village and civil parish in Essex, UK

Wakes Colne
village and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom

Layer Marney
village in Essex, England, UK
Boxted
village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK
Layer Breton
village in Essex, England, UK
Mersea Island
island in Essex, England
Salcott
Salcott is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. Salcott closely adjoins the neighbouring village of Virley of the opposite side of Virley Brook; they are sometimes described as a single village of Salcott-cum-Virley. They have formed a single ecclesiastical parish called Salcott Virley since 1879. Salcott is adjacent to Tolleshunt Knights, Tollesbury and Great Wigborough, near Tiptree. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 263. Salcott shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parishes of Great and Little Wigborough, Peldon, a
Langenhoe
Langenhoe is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England, located south of Colchester. It shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Abberton. The parish boundary between Abberton and Langenhoe follows Mersea Road (the B1025). The two villages now form a single built up area, which the Office for National Statistics calls "Langenhoe and Abberton". At the 2021 census Langenhoe parish had a population of 566, and the Langenhoe and Abberton built up area had a population of 1,015.

East Donyland
village and civil parish in Colchester, Essex, England

Chappel
Chappel is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The River Colne flows through the village. It is significant for its Victorian viaduct, which crosses the Colne valley. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 530.
Messing-cum-Inworth
Messing-cum-Inworth is a civil parish in the Colchester district, in north-east Essex, 8.5 miles west of Colchester, and 15 miles east of Chelmsford. The parish consists of two small villages; Messing and Inworth, which were formerly separate parishes; the modern parish was created in 1934. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 400.
Myland
Myland (also called Mile End) is a civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is a northern suburb of the built up area of Colchester itself. The original village began approximately one mile north of the centre of Colchester which probably accounts for its name. This has varied over the centuries but essentially with the same meaning. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 18,094.
Great and Little Wigborough
civil parish in Colchester, Essex, England
Inworth
Inworth is a small village and in the civil parish of Messing-cum-Inworth, in the Colchester district of Essex, England, near to Tiptree.
Rowhedge
Rowhedge is a village in the Colchester borough of Essex, England. It is located just over south-east of Colchester town centre and is part of the civil parish of East Donyland.

Great Wigborough
village in Essex, United Kingdom

Little Wigborough
village in Essex, United Kingdom
Easthorpe
village in Essex, United Kingdom

Little Tey
village in Essex, England, UK

Messing
village in Essex, England, UK
Cuthbert Alport, Baron Alport
British politician (1912-1998)