Dengie

Dengie
St James' Church, Dengie
Dengie
Dengie shown within Essex
Population	119 (2011)
OS grid reference	TL986016
District	Maldon
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Southminster
Postcode district	CM0
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Essex 51°40′43″N 0°52′18″E / 51.6785°N 0.8716°E / 51.6785; 0.8716Coordinates: 51°40′43″N 0°52′18″E / 51.6785°N 0.8716°E / 51.6785; 0.8716

Dengie /ˈdɛndʒiː/ is a village and civil parish in the Maldon district of Essex, England, with a population of 135, reducing to 119 at the 2011 census.

It gives its name to the Dengie peninsula and hundred and to the Dengie Special Protection Area.

The place-name 'Dengie' is first attested in a manuscript of between 709 and 745, where it appears as Deningei. It appears as Daneseia in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Dene's island' or 'the island of Dene's people'.

The 14th-century church of St James is the parish Church for the village.

Dengie marshes were once used to film an episode of Doctor Who.

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