Population 119 (2011) Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Monday 2:46 PM District Maldon District | OS grid reference TL986016 Country England Post town Southminster Shire county Essex | |
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Dengie /ˈdɛndʒiː/ is a village and civil parish in the Maldon district of Essex, England, with a population of 135, reducing to 119 at the 2011 census.
Map of Dengie, Southminster, UK
It gives its name to the Dengie peninsula and hundred and to the Dengie Special Protection Area.
The place-name 'Dengie' is first attested in a manuscript of between 709 and 745, where it appears as Deningei. It appears as Daneseia in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Dene's island' or 'the island of Dene's people'.
The 14th-century church of St James is the parish Church for the village.
Dengie marshes were once used to film an episode of Doctor Who.
References
Dengie Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA