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Great Tey

Great Tey
St. Barnabas church, Great Tey, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 131451.jpg
Barnabas Church
Great Tey is located in Essex
Great Tey
Great Tey
Great Tey shown within Essex
Population 911 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference TL891259
Civil parish
  • Great Tey
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town COLCHESTER
Postcode district CO6
Dialling code 01206
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Essex
51°54′00″N 0°44′53″E / 51.900029°N 0.747933°E / 51.900029; 0.747933Coordinates: 51°54′00″N 0°44′53″E / 51.900029°N 0.747933°E / 51.900029; 0.747933

Great Tey is a village and civil parish near the villages of Marks Tey and Little Tey in the Colchester borough of Essex, England, located approximately six miles west of Colchester.

Great Tey is situated near Marks Tey railway station which is on the Great Eastern Main Line, and is a junction for the Sudbury Branch Line to Sudbury. It is near the A12 road, the A120 road and the A1124 road. It is part of a group of villages called the Teys, consisting of Marks Tey, Little Tey and Great Tey. The village is situated north of the river Roman. The parish of Great Tey is a small rural community that contains a few local amenities such as village pub, a Norman church and a post office. In addition to this the parish has its own community website providing various details and key dates for members of the community.

In 1870 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Tey as:

Great Tey had a population of 911 according to the 2011 census.

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Mount Bures and had a population of 2,695 at the 2011 Census.

Within the area Great Tey has a primary school called Great Tey primary school. In addition to this, the school was judged a 'Good' school by Ofsted in March 2014. Moreover, Great Tey primary was awarded 5th place out of the top 12 Essex schools in the primary school performance tables 2013.

In addition to this, the parish contains a 16th-century pub named the Chequers. As well as the local village pub, the St Barnabas church is a very interesting feature of the parish, the church is "a Norman church which dates from around 1150AD". Buildings of such age tend be very sought after and studied, so is a good visit for enthusiasts. Moreover, like most parishes, Great Tey contains a village hall which features a lot in the communities activities. some of these are notably "social events with beavers, cubs, scouts, karate, brownies, rainbows, table tennis and the women institute". It is clear from this that Great Tey has a strong community with facilities to accommodate all types of activities throughout the parish, making it an essential feature. The village does not however contain much otherwise and its main features are the housing, pub, church and community buildings.


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