Tolleshunt Knights is a village

Village

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the English

England

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 county

County

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 of Essex

Essex

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The Parish has a Parish council, and lies within the area of Maldon District Council

Maldon (district)

Maldon is a local government district in Essex, England. Its council is based in the town of Maldon, and the next largest centre of population is Burnham-on-Crouch. The district covers the Dengie peninsula as well as an area to the north of the Blackwater Estuary, a total area of...

. It borders Tiptree

Tiptree

Tiptree is a village in the English county of Essex, situated south-east of Colchester and around north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch, Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham....

, Layer Marney

Layer Marney

Layer Marney is a village and civil parish near to Tiptree, in the Colchester borough, in the county of Essex, England. Layer Marney has a Tudor palace called Layer Marney Tower and a church called Church of St Mary the Virgin. In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Layer Marney was 206.-...

 and Salcott cum Virley

Salcott cum Virley

Salcott cum Virley is a village in the Colchester borough of Essex, England and forms part of the Winstred Hundred civil parish.It is adjacent to Tolleshunt Knights, Tollesbury and Great Wigborough, near to Tiptree....

 within the Colchester

Colchester

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 Borough Council's District and Tolleshunt D'Arcy

Tolleshunt D'Arcy

Tolleshunt D'Arcy is a village and civil parish in the county of Essex in the East of England.The Parish has a Parish council, and lies within the area of Maldon District Council....

 also within Maldon District. Prior to Tiptree

Tiptree

Tiptree is a village in the English county of Essex, situated south-east of Colchester and around north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch, Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham....

 Parish Council being established in 1934 much of the Tiptree Heath

Tiptree Heath

Tiptree Heath is a hamlet in the Colchester District, in the county of Essex. Nearby settlements include the villages of Tiptree, Great Totham, Great Braxted and little Totham. For transport there is the B1022 road which the hamlet is on, and the B1023 road and the A12 road . There is a nature...

 area was within the boundaries

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 of Tolleshunt Knights.

The village is also the location of the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist

Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist

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, an Orthodox

Eastern Orthodox Church

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 monastery founded by Archimandrite Sophrony

Archimandrite Sophrony

Archimandrite Sophrony , also Elder Sophrony, was best known as the disciple and biographer of St Silouan the Athonite and compiler of St Silouan's works, and as the founder of the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, Maldon, Essex, England...

 in 1958.

From 1904 to 1951 the village was served by a small station

Tolleshunt Knights railway station

Tolleshunt Knights railway station was a station in Tolleshunt Knights, Essex. It closed in 1951.Former Services-External links:*...

 on the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway

Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway

The Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway, authorised under the Light Railways Act 1896 operated between the two villages of Kelvedon and Tollesbury to the south of Colchester in Essex, England...

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