Tendring

Tendring is a village and civil parish in Essex. It gives its name to the Tendring District and before that Tendring Rural District and before that the Tendring Hundred.^[2] Its name was given to the larger groupings because it was at the centre, not because it was larger than the other settlements. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 748.

Population748 (Parish, 2021)^[1]

OSgridreferenceTM144241

Civil parish

• Tendring

Post townCLACTON-ON-SEA

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Tendring
Tendring Location within Essex
Population	748 (Parish, 2021)[1]
OS grid reference	TM144241
Civil parish	Tendring
District	Tendring
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLACTON-ON-SEA
Postcode district	CO16
UK Parliament	Harwich and North Essex
List of places UK England Essex 51.874080°N 1.112512°E / 51.874080; 1.112512

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The 1086 Domesday Book records the name as Tenderinga and in 1242 the Pipe Rolls mention it as Terring.^[3]

The linear village straddles the B1035 from Manningtree to Thorpe-le-Soken.^[4]

The parish includes the settlements of Goose Green, Tendring Green and Tendring Heath. The church is dedicated to St Edmund. The Tendring Union Workhouse was located at Tendring Heath.^[5] In 1948 the workhouse was converted into an NHS geriatric hospital, which closed in the 1980s.