Lamarsh
Sign in to saveLamarsh is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree District, in the county of Essex, England. It is near the large village of Bures and the village of Alphamstone. The village is west of the River Stour. It has a pub, a village hall and a church called The Friends of Holy Innocents Church. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 188.
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Place details
- Locality
- Braintree
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 187
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Lamarsh
- UK place.static_image
- File:Lamarsh_Hall_and_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_668117.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Lamarsh hall and church
- UK place.population
- 188
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Lamarsh
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.post_town
- Bures
- UK place.postcode_area
- CO
- UK place.postcode_district
- CO8
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Braintree
- Population
- +187
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- The Parish
- Population
- Occupational Structure
- Social structure
- Parish church
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Lamarsh is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree District, in the county of Essex, England. It is near the large village of Bures and the village of Alphamstone. The village is west of the River Stour. It has a pub, a village hall and a church called The Friends of Holy Innocents Church. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 188.
The name Lamarsh comes from the phrase "Loamy marsh". This is derived from the Old English terms lām and mersc, which translate into loam or clay and a marsh respectively.