Dengie peninsula

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Dengie is a peninsula in Essex, England, that once formed a hundred of the same name (sometimes spelled Dengy).

The peninsula is formed by the River Crouch to the south, and the Blackwater to the north, both of which are tidal. The western boundary of the hundred ran from North Fambridge to a bit west of Maldon. The eastern part of the peninsula is marshy and forms the Dengie Marshes.

Places on the peninsula are

• Althorne, Asheldham
• Bradwell-on-Sea, Bradwell Waterside, Burnham-on-Crouch
• Cold Norton, Creeksea
• Dengie village
• Hazeleigh
• Latchingdon
• Mayland, Maylandsea, Mundon
• North Fambridge
• Purleigh
• Ramsey Island
• Snoreham, Southminster, Steeple, Stow Maries, St Lawrence Bay
• Tillingham
• Woodham Mortimer Woodham Walter

See also

• Dengie SPA

External links

• style="font-weight : bold;">Images of the Dengie Hundred Photographs of the Dengie Hundred.
• www.dengie.org.uk - a non commercial on line directory of the Dengie Vllages containing history,attractions and local life
• (http://www.burnhamreview.co.uk www.burnhamreview.co.uk - the local magazine for Burnham-on-Crouch and the Dengie Hundred villages, including Southminster, Asheldham, Tillingham, Bradwell, St. Lawrence, Steeple, Mayland, Althorne, Latchingdon & Creaksea)
• The Rotary Club of Burnham on Crouch and Dengie Hundred

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