Ardleigh
{{Short description|Village in Essex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name= Ardleigh
|coordinates = {{coord|51.9269|0.9831|display=inline,title}}
|os_grid_reference= TM052295
| population = 2058
|civil_parish= Ardleigh
|shire_district= Tendring
| shire_county = Essex
|region= East of England
|constituency_westminster= Harwich and North Essex
|post_town= COLCHESTER
|postcode_district= CO7
|postcode_area= CO
|dial_code= 01206
|static_image_name = The Street Ardleigh Geograph-720422-by-Robert-Edwards.jpg
|static_image_caption= The Street, Ardleigh, with the parish church of St Mary The Virgin and the post office in the background.
|london_distance_mi = 55
|london_direction = NE
}}
Ardleigh {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑr|d|l|i}} is a village and civil parish in Essex, England. It is situated approximately {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} northeast from the centre of Colchester and {{convert|26|mi|km|0}} northeast from the county town of Chelmsford.
History
Ardleigh appears in Domesday Book of 1086, when it is described as a holding of Geoffrey de Mandeville.
The area includes a number of smallholdings founded after the First World War by the Land Settlement Association.Bercaw, Louise Oldham; "Bibliography on Land Utilization 1918-36"; p. 1011 Though the Great Eastern Main Line passes close to the village, the railway station closed in November 1967.
Transport and geography
The closest railway station is Manningtree, {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} northeast. The village is on the A137 road, a route from Colchester to Ipswich, Suffolk. Ardleigh Reservoir is less than {{convert|1|mi|km|1}} to the southwest.
Governance and population
Ardleigh is in the district of Tendring and the parliamentary constituency of Harwich and North Essex. The village has its own Parish Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/TendringDC/Council/townandparishclerksdetails.htm |title=Town and Parish Council and Clerks Details |accessdate=23 January 2007 |publisher=Tendring District Council |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514062045/http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/TendringDC/Council/townandparishclerksdetails.htm |archivedate=14 May 2006 }} It is part of the electoral ward called Ardleigh and Little Bromley, and includes the area known as Crockleford Heath. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,311,{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/ardleigh-and-little-bromley-e05004228#sthash.adn61Ky9.dpbs|title=Ardleigh and Little Bromley Ward population 2011|accessdate=24 September 2015}} growing from a population of 2081 recorded in the 2001 census.{{cite web|title=2001 Census: Key Statistics > Parish Headcounts > Area: Ardleigh CP (Parish)|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=794633&c=Ardleigh&d=16&e=15&g=446618&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1275416912001&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=1 June 2010}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Ardleigh}}
- {{OpenDomesday|TM0529|ardleigh|Ardleigh}}
- [http://www.essexchurches.info/church.asp?p=Ardleigh&ty=e "St Mary The Virgin's Church, Ardleigh"], Essex Churches
- [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~melanie/ "Ardleigh's Past"], Ancestry.com, Free Pages
- [https://www.tendringdedhamparishes.org.uk/st-mary-ardleigh/ Ardleigh Church, St Mary's]
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Category:Civil parishes in Essex
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