Great Stambridge

Great Stambridge is a village in the civil parish of Stambridge, in the Rochford District of Essex, England. The village lies east of Rochford, its post town, and south east of Chelmsford.
Great Stambridge and neighbouring Little Stambridge were historically separate parishes. The were merged into a single parish called Stambridge in 1934.

Features

Great Stambridge has a church called St Mary & All Saints and a pub called The Royal Oak.

History

The name "Stambridge" means 'Stone bridge'. Great Stambridge was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sanforda. Great Stambridge had 3 manors, Great Stambridge Hall, Hampton-Barns and Bretton. Great Stambridge was in the Rochford Hundred of Essex.
On 1 April 1934 the parish was merged with Little Stambridge to form a new civil parish called Stambridge. At the 1931 census, Great Stambridge had a population of 355.