Little Horkesley

Little Horkesley
St Peter and St Paul, Little Horkesley
Little Horkesley Location within Essex
Population	195 (Parish, 2021)[1]
OS grid reference	TL960321
Civil parish	Little Horkesley
District	City of Colchester
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Colchester
Postcode district	CO6
Dialling code	01206
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South Suffolk
List of places UK England Essex 51°57′11″N 0°51′13″E / 51.952941°N 0.853672°E / 51.952941; 0.853672

Little Horkesley is a village and 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. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 195.

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.

References

1. "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)

External links

• Victoria County History A History of the County of South Suffolk: Volume 10 - Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe