All Saints Church, Inworth, Essex - geograph

Inworth is a small village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

, now in the parish of

Messing-cum-Inworth Messing-cum-Inworth is a civil parish in north-east Essex, 8.5 miles west of Colchester, and 15 miles east of Chelmsford. The parish consists of two small villages; Messing (population 250), and Inworth (population 100). At the 2011 the populat ...

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 Grea ...

, England, near to

Tiptree Tiptree is a village and civil parish in the English county of Essex, situated south-west of Colchester and around north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch ...

and within the

Colchester Borough Council 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. Colchest ...

area. In 1931 the parish had a population of 847. Inworth village dates back to medieval times, and has been known in the past as ''Ineworth'', ''Inneworth'', ''Inneworde'' and ''Inford''. A placename close to the modern name is first attested in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1206, where it appears as ''Inewrth''. This derives from ''Ina's worþ'' ("Ina's homestead"). The grave of local celebrity 'Spotty', a faithful golden retriever, can be found by the village post office, attracting many visitors. His ghost is said to haunt the meat shop on the corner. All Saints' Church dates from the 11th century and is a grade I listed building. On 1 October 1934 the parish was abolished to form "Messing-cum-Inworth" and "Tiptree", part also went to Feering.

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Villages in Essex Former civil parishes in Essex Borough of Colchester {{Essex-geo-stub