Manningtree
Manningtree is a town as well as civil church in the Tendring area of Essex, England, which rests on the River Stour. It joins built-up areas of Lawford to the west and Mistley to the east and the 3 churches with each other are often referred to as "Manningtree". Manningtree is a claimant for the title of smallest town in England. Manningtree has actually commonly declared to be the smallest community in England, and in 2007 mayor Lee Lay-Flurrie said that this had actually been verified to her by the Census Customer Services, with 700 people in 20 hectares (making use of the high tide mark). Nonetheless both this number and also the 2011 census population for the civil parish of 900 is much greater than the 351 population of Fordwich in Kent. In April 2009 it was proposed that Manningtree must merge with Mistley and Lawford to develop a single parish, shedding its different identity as a town. Since 2018 such a merger has actually not occurred as well as the community council presently asserts to be the smallest by area. Manningtree becomes part of the electoral ward called Manningtree, Mistley, Litte Bentley and Tendring. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,603.