Manningtree
Manningtree is a town and also civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England, which rests on the River Stour. It joins built-up areas of Lawford to the west as well as Mistley to the east as well as the 3 parishes together are occasionally described as "Manningtree". Manningtree is a complaintant for the title of smallest town in England. Manningtree has commonly declared to be the smallest community in England, and also in 2007 mayor Lee Lay-Flurrie stated 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). Nonetheless both this figure and also the 2011 census population for the civil parish of 900 is much greater than the 351 population of Fordwich in Kent. In April 2009 it was proposed that Manningtree should combine with Mistley and Lawford to form a solitary church, shedding its separate identification as a town. As of 2018 such a merger has not taken place and also the community council currently claims to be the tiniest by location. Manningtree becomes part of the selecting ward called Manningtree, Mistley, Litte Bentley and also Tendring. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,603.
