Southchurch
Sign in to saveSouthchurch is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. England. It was historically a separate village and parish. The parish was absorbed into the borough of Southend-on-Sea in 1897, since when Southchurch has been administered as part of Southend. It gives its name to one of the city's wards. In 2011 the ward had a population of 9,710.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Southchurch
- UK place.static_image
- Kensington Road, Southchurch - geograph.org.uk - 229011.jpg
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.population
- 9,710
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census. Southchurch Ward)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Southend-on-Sea
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rochford and Southend East
- UK place.post_town
- SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
- UK place.postcode_district
- SS2
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Southchurch is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. England. It was historically a separate village and parish. The parish was absorbed into the borough of Southend-on-Sea in 1897, since when Southchurch has been administered as part of Southend. It gives its name to one of the city's wards. In 2011 the ward had a population of 9,710.
==History== In 824 AD, a Saxon thegn, Leofstan presented the manor of Southchurch to the monks of Canterbury. It is possible that the church from which the manor took its name already existed beforehand.
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