Little Oakley, Essex

Little Oakley Hall

Little Oakley is a village in Essex, England, on the western outskirts of Harwich. The parish population at the 2011 census was 1,171.[1]

It is the site of a fourth-century Roman villa, excavated between 1951 and 1975.[2]

Just north-east of the village is Little Oakley Channel Deposit, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is the site of former channel of the River Thames during an interglacial period about 575,000 years ago.

References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. Baker, John T (2006). Cultural Transition in the Chilterns and Essex Region, 350 AD to 650 AD. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 68.

Media related to Little Oakley, Essex at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 51°55′06″N 1°14′06″E / 51.91833°N 1.23500°E / 51.91833; 1.23500


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.