Little Oakley, Essex

Little Oakley is a village in Essex, England, on the western outskirts of Harwich. The parish population at the 2011 census was 1,171.[1]

Little Oakley Hall

It is the site of a fourth-century Roman villa, excavated between 1951 and 1975.[2]

Just north-east of the village is Little Oakley Channel Deposit, a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is the site of former channel of the River Thames during an interglacial period about 575,000 years ago.

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  2. Baker, John T (2006). Cultural Transition in the Chilterns and Essex Region, 350 AD to 650 AD. Univ of Hertfordshire Press. p. 68.

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