Stambridge

Stambridge is a civil parish in the Rochford district in Essex, England. It is located north of the River Roach between Rochford and Paglesham. The parish includes the village of Great Stambridge.

Stambridge
Village sign
Stambridge Location within Essex
Population	700 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ899916
Civil parish	Stambridge
District	Rochford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Rochford
Postcode district	SS4
Dialling code	01702
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Rayleigh
Website	Stambridge Parish Council[usurped]
List of places UK England Essex 51.591239°N 0.740048°E / 51.591239; 0.740048

The name "Stambridge" means "stone bridge".^[2] The only bridge in the parish is now brick-built over the small stream that rises in Canewdon, flows under the road just south of the Royal Oak, and into the Roach near "Waldens".

Parish

Stambridge Parish formerly consisted of two parishes, Great Much, or Magna and Little or Parva. The parishes were merged on 1 April 1934.^[3] The centre of population in Great Stambridge has moved from around the church to the Royal Oak Inn area.

The combined parish consists of approximately three square miles. The boundaries are, in the east, Biggins Farm (Paglesham Road); in the west Little Stambridge Hall; the south the River Roach ; and in a line crossing Stambridge Road at "Richmonds" and number 159 Stambridge Road.

A half-timbered house in Ballards Gore.

The modern parish includes the hamlet of Ballards Gore.^[4]

Stambridge Mill

There was a tide mill at Stambridge for hundreds of years.^[5] It Rankins the Millers owned the building when it burned down in April 1965.^[6] It was demolished in 2014.^[7]

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  Painting of the mill by Louis Burleigh Bruhl
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  The mill in 2006

Sport and leisure

The local football club, Corinthians FC, currently plays in the Essex Olympian League.