Stambridge
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image = Stambridge sign.jpg
|static_image_width = 240px
|static_image_caption = Village sign
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|official_name = Stambridge
|population = 700
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|civil_parish = Stambridge
|shire_district = Rochford
|shire_county = Essex
|region = East of England
|constituency_westminster = Rayleigh
|post_town = Rochford
|postcode_district = SS4
|postcode_area = SS
|dial_code = 01702
|os_grid_reference = TQ899916
|website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060511125111/http://www.essexinfo.net/stambridgeparishcouncil/ Stambridge Parish Council]}}
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Stambridge is a civil parish in the Rochford district in Essex, England. It is located north of the River Roach between Rochford and Paglesham. The parish includes the village of Great Stambridge.
The name "Stambridge" means "stone bridge".{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Essex/Great%20and%20Little%20Stambridge|title=Great and Little Stambridge Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|accessdate=16 August 2019}} The only bridge in the parish is now brick-built over the small stream that rises in Canewdon, flows under the road just south of the Royal Oak, and into the Roach near "Waldens".
Parish
Stambridge Parish formerly consisted of two parishes, Great Much, or Magna and Little or Parva. The parishes were merged on 1 April 1934.{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10252921|title=Relationships and Changes Stambridge CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=16 August 2019}} The centre of population in Great Stambridge has moved from around the church to the Royal Oak Inn area.
The combined parish consists of approximately three square miles. The boundaries are, in the east, Biggins Farm (Paglesham Road); in the west Little Stambridge Hall; the south the River Roach ; and in a line crossing Stambridge Road at "Richmonds" and number 159 Stambridge Road.
Image:Half-Timbered_House,_Ballards_Gore_-_geograph.org.uk_-_942645.jpg house in Ballards Gore.]]
The modern parish includes the hamlet of Ballards Gore.[https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getoutside/local/ballards-gore-rochford Ballards Gore, Rochford - area information, map, walks and more] Retrieved 2018-02-27.
Stambridge Mill
There was a tide mill at Stambridge for hundreds of years.{{cite web|last1=Horncastle|first1=Sue|title=Vanished Industries - Brickworks and Mills|url=http://rochforddistricthistory.org.uk/page_id__34_path__0p146p68p.aspx|website=rochforddistricthistory.org.uk|publisher=Rochford District Community Archive|accessdate=28 August 2017}} It Rankins the Millers owned the building when it burned down in April 1965.{{cite web|title=Rochford, Stambridge Mill c.1955 - Francis Frith|url=https://www.francisfrith.com/uk/rochford/rochford-stambridge-mill-c1955_r226016|website=www.francisfrith.com|publisher=Francis Firth|accessdate=28 August 2017}} It was demolished in 2014.{{cite web|title=Stambridge Mill|url=http://www.hdr.uk.com/index.php/projects/stamford-mill|website=www.hdr.uk.com|publisher=Havering Demolition & Recycling Ltd|accessdate=28 August 2017|language=en-gb}}
File:Stambridge Mill Bruhl.JPG|Painting of the mill by Louis Burleigh Bruhl
File:Stambridge Mills, near Rochford - geograph.org.uk - 122515.jpg|The mill in 2006
Sport and leisure
The local football club, Corinthians FC, currently plays in the Essex Olympian League.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.rochford.gov.uk/rdc/main.asp?page=504 Rochford District Council]