Lindsell

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Lindsell
240px
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Lindsell is located in Essex
Lindsell
Lindsell
 Lindsell shown within Essex
Population 260 United Kingdom Census 2011
OS grid reference TL643270
   – London 46 mi (74 km)  
Civil parish Lindsell
District Uttlesford
Shire county Essex
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHELMSFORD
Postcode district CM
Dialling code 0131
Police Essex
Fire Essex
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places
UK
England
Essex

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Lindsell is a village and civil parish in the district of Uttlesford in the county of Essex, England. The church is dedicated to St Mary The Virgin.[1] Other nearby settlements include Holder's Green and Bustard Green.

File:Occupational structure of Lindsell in 1881.jpg
Occupational structure of Lindsell in 1881
File:OS Map of Lindsell.jpg
Location of Lindsell on an OS Map

In 1870, Lindsell was described as a village that stands on a small affluent of the river Chelmer, 3½ miles southeast of Thaxted, and 5 miles north-northeast of Dunmow Railway Station.[2]

According to the 2011 Census, Lindsell had a population of 260 people.[3]

File:Lindsell time series graph 1801-1961.jpg
Total population of Lindsell from 1801 to 1961 using data from the Population Census in those respective years.

Lindsell also gives its name to a surname.[4] Examples include Augustine Lindsell and Wilfrid Gordon Lindsell.

History

Before becoming classified as a small hamlet, Lindsell had a long history of being an inhabited place (proven by the discovery of Roman bricks in the foundations of St. Mary's church). The name of the village now means "Huts among the lime trees. However it has had other names in the past such as "Templars which was named by John le Templar in 1313 and "Rakefairs" given by Robert Rekeviewer in 1381. Even the current name of the village has had previous spellings in the past such as 'Lyndesele', 'Lindeseles' and 'Lindezel' .[5]

Housing

The number of houses in Lindsell has fluctuated since 1831, peaking in 1851 with 77 houses. The largest drop was in the early 1900s, which is probably due to the fall in population from the Boer War, World War I and World War II. The post-war housing boom after 1945 accounts for the sudden increase in houses from 53 in 1931, to 68 in 1951 and 71 in 1961.[6]

According to the 2011 census, Lindsell has a total of 91 households, 69 of them being detached houses, 19 semi-detached, 1 terrace, 1 apartment and 1 flat.[7] 197 people, the biggest proportion, live in detached houses. 52 people live in semi-detached properties, with 1 person living in a terrace, 8 people living in a flat and an apartment, with a final 2 living in a temporary home.[8] This means there is an average of 2.9 people living in each household, which is higher than the UK national average in 2011 of 2.3 persons per household.[9] 69 out of the 91 households use oil for heating, with 11 using gas, 2 using electric, 1 using a type classed as 'other', and 8 using a combination of oil, gas and electric.[10]

Age structure

File:Age count of lindsell population.jpg
A line graph showing the age count of the population of Lindsell. Source: Office for National Statistics

There is a significant number of people over retirement age living in Lindsell, there is also a high number of people between the ages of three and twenty one, as well as between 35 and 51[11] This means that the average age of people living in Lindsell is 45, which is far below the retirement age of 65, suggesting that Lindsell does not follow the trend set by many other rural villages across the UK. Out of 260 people only 17 are officially retired, with 73 being employed full-time, part-time, either working for larger corporations, working within the village itself, or being self-employed.[12]

Ethnic groups

The population of Lindsell is predominately white, with 249 out of 260 being listed as 'white with English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish heritage'.[13]

Religion

File:Proportion of religions in Lindsell.jpg
Source: Office for National Statistics

The church of St. Mary the Virgin is Anglican. 193 out of 260 residents are listed as Christian. Two people are listed as Buddhist, 55 as 'no religion' and ten did not state.[14]

See also

The Hundred Parishes

References

  1. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/lindsell-st-mary-the-virgin/
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/lindsell
  5. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons