Abberton is a village in

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

, England. It is located approximately east of

Abberton Reservoir Abberton Reservoir is a pumped storage freshwater reservoir in eastern England near the Essex coast, with an area of . Most of its water is pumped from the River Stour. It is the largest body of freshwater in Essex. Constructed between 1935 ...

and is south of

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...

. The village is in the borough of

and in the parliamentary constituency of North Essex. The town is served by Abberton and Langenhoe Parish Council.

Etymology

The word Abberton is derived from 'Eadburg's estate' (''Ēadburge'' + tūn).

History

Abberton is recorded in the ''

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

'' of 1086-87 as ''Edburghetuna'' and as ''Edburgetuna'' in the Hundred of Winstree, when it was part of the lands of Count Eustace in Essex, held by Ralph de Marcy and further held by Ranulf Peverel in

demesne A demesne ( ) or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. The concept or ...

; it was held by Siward, a free man, as a manor in the time of

King Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor ; la, Eduardus Confessor , ; ( 1003 – 5 January 1066) was one of the last Anglo-Saxon English kings. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 to 1066. Edward was the son of Æthe ...

before the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conque ...

of 1066. It was later recorded as ''Eadburgetona'' in 1108, ''Adbur(u)g(h)(e)ton(e)'' in 1208–1321, ''Adburthon'' in 1280, also ''Abberton'' from 1230. Abberton was among the villages which suffered damage from the 1884 Colchester earthquake: chimneys had fallen to the ground, brick walls had cracked and many side walls of houses had collapsed; the rectory which was being built at the time also suffered considerable damage.

Church

The Church at Abberton is St Andrew. It is a

Grade II* In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

listed building and originates from at least the 14th century. It is located at the end of Rectory Lane, approximately three hundred yards from

References

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* Villages in Essex {{Essex-geo-stub