| Dengie | |
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 St James' Church, Dengie | |
  Dengie Location withinEssex | |
| Population | 119 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL986016 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Southminster |
| Postcode district | CM0 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| 51°40′43″N0°52′18″E / 51.6785°N 0.8716°E /51.6785; 0.8716 | |
Dengie/ˈdɛndʒiː/ ⓘ is a scattered village andcivil parish in theMaldon district ofEssex, England, with a population of 119 at the 2011 census.[1] It is about 4 km NE of the nearest town (and railway station),Southminster, on the slightly higher ground to the north of Dengie Marshes.Dengie nature reserve is about 5 km to the north-east.
It gives its name to theDengie peninsula andhundred and to theDengie Special Protection Area.
The place-name "Dengie" is first attested in a manuscript of between 709 and 745, where it appears asDeningei. It appears asDaneseia in theDomesday Book of 1086. The name means "Dene's island" or "the island of Dene's people".[2]
The 14th-century church of St James is the parish church.
Dengie Flats, offshore, was used as a bombing and strafing range by the RAF and USAAF during the Second World War, and also attracted many crash-landing aircraft bound to or from the nearbyRAF Bradwell Bay airfield. Between 1942 and 1945 Dengie was also the site of a 10-cm[clarification needed] Coast Defence radar station used to warn of enemy ships and low-flying aircraft anddoodlebugs.[3]
Dengie Marshes were once used to film an episode ofDoctor Who.[4]
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