Elmstead, Essex

Elmstead is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. The parish includes Elmstead Market, located south of Elmstead. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 1,987.

Parish Church of St Anne and St Lawrence

The Church of England parish church is dedicated to Saint Anne. The main parts of the church have been dated to around 1310; a South Chapel was added about 20 years later. The early 14th-century tower rises one and a half storeys and was never completed. The south wall of the chancel has a squint or leper window; these were popularly supposed to have been used by people infected by leprosy to receive Holy Communion; their exact purpose is unknown. On the sill of the east window is an oak effigy of a knight perhaps depicting Lawrence de Tany, who died in 1317.

Nearby settlements include the city of Colchester, the town Wivenhoe and the villages of Alresford and Elmstead Market.

For transport there is the A120 road and the A133 road nearby.