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Also known as Tollesbury, Essex

Tollesbury is a village and civil parish in the Maldon District of Essex, England. It lies on the coast at the mouth of the River Blackwater. It is situated east of the historic port of Maldon and south of Colchester. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,810.

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Place details

Locality
Maldon
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
2,621
Timezone
Europe/London

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Tollesbury
UK place.population
2,810
UK place.population_ref
(Parish, 2021)
UK place.civil_parish
Tollesbury
UK place.shire_district
Maldon
UK place.shire_county
Essex
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Witham
UK place.post_town
Maldon
UK place.postcode_district
CM9
UK place.postcode_area
CM
UK place.dial_code
01621
UK place.os_grid_reference
TL958101
UK place.static_image_name
Tollesbury-Village-Sign-Ships.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Tollesbury Village sign

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Maldon
Population
2621
Image
Tollesbury-Village-Sign-Ships.jpg
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Commons category
Tollesbury
postal code
CM9
OS grid reference
TL958101
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • The village sign
  • Features of the village
  • History
  • The Tollesbury Murder
  • Parish church
  • Congregational Church
  • Tollesbury Granary
  • Tollesbury Wick Marshes
  • Filming Location
  • 1972 Pop Festival Panic
  • Nearby places
  • References
  • External links

Tollesbury is a village and civil parish in the Maldon District of Essex, England. It lies on the coast at the mouth of the River Blackwater. It is situated east of the historic port of Maldon and south of Colchester. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2,810.

For centuries Tollesbury, the village of the plough and sail, relied on the harvests of the land and the sea. The main trade and export of Tollesbury, which still thrives to this day, has long been oysters.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tollesbury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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