Manningtree
Manningtree is a town and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England, which pushes the River Stour. It adjoins built-up areas of Lawford to the west and also Mistley to the east and also the three parishes together are occasionally referred to as "Manningtree". Manningtree is a claimant for the title of tiniest town in England. Manningtree has traditionally asserted to be the smallest town in England, and in 2007 mayor Lee Lay-Flurrie claimed that this had actually been verified to her by the Census Customer Services, with 700 people in 20 hectares (using the high tide mark). However both this figure and also the 2011 census population for the civil church of 900 is much higher than the 351 population of Fordwich in Kent. In April 2009 it was recommended that Manningtree ought to merge with Mistley and also Lawford to create a solitary parish, shedding its separate identification as a town. As of 2018 such a merger has actually not occurred as well as the community council currently declares to be the tiniest by area. Manningtree becomes part of the electoral ward called Manningtree, Mistley, Litte Bentley and also Tendring. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,603.
