Tendring

{{short description|Village in Essex, England}}

{{about|the village|the district|Tendring District}}

{{more citations needed|date=November 2011}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2018}}

{{infobox UK place|

|country = England

|static_image_name= St Edmund Tendring north side.jpg

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|official_name= Tendring

|coordinates = {{coord|51.874080|1.112512|display=inline,title}}

|label_position = top

|population = 736

|population_ref = (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129496&c=CO16+9AE&d=16&e=62&g=6426083&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1443105898604&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=24 September 2015}}

|civil_parish= Tendring

|shire_district= Tendring

|shire_county = Essex

|region= East of England

|constituency_westminster= Harwich and North Essex

|post_town= CLACTON-ON-SEA

|postcode_district= CO16

|postcode_area= CO

|dial_code=

|os_grid_reference= TM144241

|hide_services= yes

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Tendring is a village and civil parish in Essex. It gives its name to the Tendring District and before that the Tendring Hundred.{{cite web|url=http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/pageviewer.asp?pnum=304&dn=LUL5009tif&zoom=in|title=Kelly's Directory entry for Tendring|author=|date=1882|work=Historical Directories|accessdate=17 November 2011}} Its name was given to the larger groupings because it was at the centre, not because it was larger than the other settlements.

The 1086 Domesday Book records the name as Tenderinga and in 1242 the Pipe Rolls mention it as Terring.[https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/532858c3b47fc40a98000d7c-Tendring+Hundred Tendring Hundred], Survey of English Place-Names, English Place-Name Society, University of Nottingham

In 2011 the parish had a population of 736 and the district had a population of 138,048.{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Tendring|title=Tendring|publisher=Britannica|accessdate=8 August 2018}} The linear village straddles the B1035 from Manningtree to Thorpe-le-Soken.{{cite web|url=http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E2CC4D5E-71C4-4C64-87E2-A2A9BD410758/1909/Tendringvillage.pdf|title=TENDRING DISTRICT COUNCIL CONSERVATION AREA REVIEW|author=|date=2006|publisher=Tendring District Council|accessdate=17 November 2011|archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110929124422/http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E2CC4D5E-71C4-4C64-87E2-A2A9BD410758/1909/Tendringvillage.pdf|archivedate=29 September 2011}}

The parish includes the settlements of Goose Green, Tendring Green and Tendring Heath. The church is dedicated to St Edmund. The Tendring Union Workhouse was located at Tendring Heath.{{cite web|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Tendring/|title=The Workhouse in Tendring, Essex|author=Peter Higginbotham|date=|publisher=The Workhouse|accessdate=17 November 2011}} In 1948 the workhouse was converted into an NHS geriatric hospital, which closed in the 1980s.