Beaumont-cum-Moze

Beaumont-cum-Moze (grid reference TM175250) is a civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 352, reducing to 339 at the 2011 Census.[1] The parish includes the hamlets of Beaumont and Moze Cross.

Beaumont-cum-Moze
Civil parish
Coordinates: 51.881°N 1.159°E / 51.881; 1.159
Country	United Kingdom
Primary council	Tendring
County	Essex
Region	East of England
Status	Parish
Population  (2011)
• Total	339
Website	Beaumont-cum-Moze Parish Council

The place-name 'Beaumont' was originally Fulanpettæ in a Saxon charter of circa 995, and Fulepet in the Domesday Book of 1086, meaning 'foul pit'. By 1175-80 it had become Bealmont, meaning 'beautiful hill',[2] a very early example of successful rebranding.

The place-name 'Moze' is first attested in the Domesday Book, where it appears as Mosa. This is from the Old English mos meaning 'marsh' or 'moss'.[3]

Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy lived at Thorpe Hall in Thorpe-le-Soken and is buried at the 11th-century Parish Church of St Leonard in Beaumont-cum-Moze.[4]

Beaumont Cut is a derelict canal in the parish.

Governance

Beaumont-cum-Moze is part of the electoral ward called Beaumont and Thorpe. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,300.[5]

Location within Essex

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
2. Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.33.
3. Eilert Ekwall, op. cit., p.333.
4. "The United Benefice of Tendring, Little Bentley and Beaumont-cum-Moze". Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
5. "Beaumont and Thorpe population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.