Little Horkesley

{{Short description|Civil parish in Essex, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image = Little Horkesley church - geograph.org.uk - 4791875.jpg

| static_image_caption = St Peter and St Paul, Little Horkesley

| coordinates = {{coord|51.952941|0.853672|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Little Horkesley

| population = 188

| population_ref = (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125706&c=CO6+4DH&d=16&e=62&g=6424273&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1442141971347&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate=13 September 2015|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

| civil_parish =

| shire_district = City of Colchester

| shire_county = Essex

| region = East of England

| constituency_westminster = South Suffolk

| post_town = Colchester

| postcode_district = CO6

| postcode_area = CO

| dial_code = 01206

| os_grid_reference = TL960321

}}

Little Horkesley is a civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles north of Colchester on the south bank of the River Stour. In the time of Elizabeth I, the manor of Little Horkesley belonged to the Wentworth family, a branch of the notable Yorkshire family who became Earl of Stafford, and then passed by inheritance to a branch of the St. Lawrence family who had the title Baron and later Earl of Howth.