Great Oakley is a village and

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in the

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district of

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, England. It is a long, narrow parish lying on the top of a low (25 m) ridge south of Ramsey Creek which drains northeast towards

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. The parish extends south to Oakley Creek, a branch of Hamford Water, where stood Great Oakley Dock, now disused. The church, dedicated to All Saints, contains some

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work. The living thereof is in the gift of

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. The village is served by All Saints Great Oakley

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Primary School. A

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called The Three Cups – after the emblem of the Salters Company – used to be situated in the village, indicating that there were salt works in the area. The parish still contains a large chemical works (the Great Oakley Works), operated by EPC-UK, which produces the cetane improver 2-ethyl hexyl nitrate, and also provides specialist explosives handling services. The Village now has only one

, called The Maybush Inn, which in 2016 was reopened as a Community Pub. The Village has a men's football team Great Oakley FC which plays in the Colchester and District Sunday League.

Governance

Great Oakley is part of the

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called Great and Little Oakley. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,188.

Nearby places

Notable people

James Cockle Sir James Cockle FRS FRAS FCPS (14 January 1819 – 27 January 1895) was an English lawyer and mathematician. Cockle was born on 14 January 1819. He was the second son of James Cockle, a surgeon, of Great Oakley, Essex. Educated at Charterho ...

, a surgeon and father of mathematician and first Chief Justice of

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Sir James Cockle.

References

External links

Entry in Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1894

Great Oakley Parish Council Website
Great Oakley Parish Council Website]
All Saints Church website

The Maybush Inn Website
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