Great Oakley, Essex
Great Oakley is a village and
civil parish in the
Tendring district of
Essex. It is a long, narrow parish lying on the top of a low (25 metre) ridge south of Ramsey Creek which drains northeast towards
Harwich. The parish extends south to Oakley Creek, a branch of
Hamford Water, where stood Great Oakley Dock, now disused.
The church, dedicated to
All Saints, contains some
Norman work. The living thereof is in the gift of
St John's College, Cambridge.
A
public house called
The Three Cups - after the emblem of the Salters Company - used to be situated in the village, indicating that there were salt works in the area and indeed the parish still contains a large chemical works. However, there is now only one
public house, called
The Maybush.
The local
football team is called Oakley Magna and the village idiot goes by the name of Ben Van Cooperooy.
Nearby places
External links
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Entry in Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1894
