Salcott
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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
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Salcott
- UK place.civil_parish
- Salcott
- UK place.population
- 263
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Colchester
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Witham
- UK place.post_town
- Maldon
- UK place.postcode_district
- CM9
- UK place.postcode_area
- CM
- UK place.dial_code
- 01621
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL 950 135
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary The Virgin, Salcott-cum-Virley - geograph.org.uk - 128753.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church
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- Population
- 317
- Image
- The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Salcott-cum-Virley, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 4812787.jpg
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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, and Virley, called the Winstred Hundred Parish Council.
==History== The name Salcott is believed to come from "salt cote", linked to the historic industry of salt extraction on the adjacent marshes.
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