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Tiptree
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Also known as Tiptree, Essex

Tiptree is a large village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is situated south-west of Colchester and around north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch, Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 9,628 and the built up area had a population of 9,300.

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Place details

Locality
Colchester
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
9,182
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.static_image_name
Messing Maypole mill.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Messing Maypole mill
UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Tiptree
UK place.civil_parish
Tiptree
UK place.population
9,628
UK place.population_ref
(Parish, 2021)9,300 (Built up area, 2021)
UK place.shire_district
City of Colchester
UK place.shire_county
Essex
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Witham
UK place.post_town
COLCHESTER
UK place.postcode_district
CO5
UK place.postcode_area
CO
UK place.dial_code
01621
UK place.os_grid_reference
TL895165

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Population
9182
Image
Messing Maypole mill.jpg
Dialing code
01621
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Commons category
Tiptree
postal code
CO5
OS grid reference
TL895165
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Tiptree is a large village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is situated south-west of Colchester and around north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch, Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 9,628 and the built up area had a population of 9,300.

==History== The area was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "woodland for swine" as part of the Great Forest of Essex, until the 1200s when King John ordered deforestation. An area of over 1,000 acres of wasteland became known as the land of heath and thief frequented by smugglers, vagabonds and thieves. From records and maps the following were names for the area: Tipentrie, Typpetre, Tippetre, Typeltre, Typetre, Tiptre Heth, Tiptree Comon and heath. The name could mean "Tippa's tree". or the town of the Prior of Tipper, the celtic term for town being try and a Prior of Tiptree Priory or house having been given licence to impark sixty acres of his own soil within the Forest of Essex.

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