Great Oakley, Essex

Great Oakley
Great Oakley
	Great Oakley Location within Essex
Population	1,017 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TM194276
Civil parish	Great Oakley;
District	Tendring;
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Harwich
Postcode district	CO12
Dialling code	01255
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Harwich and North Essex;

Great Oakley is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is a long, narrow parish lying on the top of a low (25 m) ridge south of Ramsey Creek which drains northeast towards Harwich. The parish extends south to Oakley Creek, a branch of Hamford Water, where stood Great Oakley Dock, now disused.

The church, dedicated to All Saints, contains some Norman work. The living thereof is in the gift of St John's College, Cambridge.

The village is served by All Saints Great Oakley C of E Primary School.[2]

A public house called The Three Cups – after the emblem of the Salters Company – used to be situated in the village, indicating that there were salt works in the area. The parish still contains a large chemical works (the Great Oakley Works), operated by EPC-UK, which produces the cetane improver 2-ethyl hexyl nitrate, and also provides specialist explosives handling services.[3]

The Village now has only one public house, called The Maybush Inn, which in 2016 was reopened as a Community Pub.[4]

The Village has a men's football team Great Oakley FC which plays in the Colchester and District Sunday League.

Governance

Great Oakley is part of the electoral ward called Great and Little Oakley. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,188.[5]

Nearby places

Wrabness	Ramsey	Harwich
Wix	Great Oakley	Little Oakley
Tendring	Beaumont-cum-Moze	Walton-on-the-Naze

Notable people

James Cockle, a surgeon and father of mathematician and first Chief Justice of Queensland Sir James Cockle.[6]

References

"Civil Parish 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
"All Saints Church Of England VA Primary School". Retrieved 11 October 2022.
"Fuels Additives". Archived from the original on 2 September 2006.
"The Maybush Inn at Great Oakley". VCS Websites. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
"Great and Little Oakley Ward population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
John Michael Bennett (November 2003). Sir James Cockle: first chief justice of Queensland, 1863-1879. Federation Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-86287-485-5.

External links

Entry in Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1894
Great Oakley Parish Council Website Great Oakley Parish Council Website]
All Saints Church website
The Maybush Inn Website

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[1] "Civil Parish 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[2] "All Saints Church Of England VA Primary School". Retrieved 11 October 2022.

[3] "Fuels Additives". Archived from the original on 2 September 2006.

[4] "The Maybush Inn at Great Oakley". VCS Websites. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[5] "Great and Little Oakley Ward population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.

[Bennett2003-6] John Michael Bennett (November 2003). Sir James Cockle: first chief justice of Queensland, 1863-1879. Federation Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-86287-485-5.