Little Bromley
Little Bromley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. The name "Bromley" is Old English for "broomy wood/clearing". The village lies east northeast of Colchester and south of Manningtree. It is surrounded by the parishes of Lawford, Ardleigh, Great Bromley, Little Bentley, and Mistley. Its area is about ; the 2001 census reports a population of 289, reducing to 253 at the 2011 census. The main economic activity is arable farming. The village shop, mentioned in , ceased operating in the 1990s.
The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin, is no longer used for regular worship and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. A Methodist chapel, built in 1863, closed in the late 1980s.
The population was reported to be 426 in the 1841 census and 361 in the 1911 census.Nearby places
