Manningtree
Manningtree is a town as well as civil church in the Tendring area of Essex, England, which pushes the River Stour. It joins built-up areas of Lawford to the west and Mistley to the east as well as the three churches with each other are sometimes referred to as "Manningtree". Manningtree is a claimant for the title of smallest community in England. Manningtree has actually commonly claimed to be the tiniest community in England, and also in 2007 mayor Lee Lay-Flurrie claimed that this had actually been confirmed to her by the Census Customer Services, with 700 people in 20 hectares (making use of the high tide mark). Nevertheless both this number and the 2011 census population for the civil parish of 900 is much more than the 351 population of Fordwich in Kent. In April 2009 it was recommended that Manningtree ought to combine with Mistley and also Lawford to form a solitary parish, losing its different identity as a town. Since 2018 such a merger has not happened and the town council presently claims to be the smallest by location. Manningtree belongs to the electoral ward called Manningtree, Mistley, Litte Bentley and Tendring. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,603.