Little Tey is a village and former

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, now in the parish of Marks Tey, in the

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district of

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, England, located approximately six miles west of

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 78. On 26 March 1949 the parish was abolished and merged with Marks Tey.

Location

It is near Marks Tey railway station, which is on the

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, and is a junction for the

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. It is near the A12 road, the

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and the

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. It is one of a group of villages called the Teys, consisting of Marks Tey, Little Tey and

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Church

St. James the Less is a small and simple building of C12 Norman origins. It has several small Norman windows and an apsidal east end. The roof is thought to be 13th century and in the 14th century windows were added or enlarged to give more light. There is one bell, cast in

by Henry Pleasant. Recently uncovered were a series of 13th and 14th century wall paintings.

References

External links

Great and Little Tey Churches website
* http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/05/the-uncovering-and-conservation-of-the-medieval-wall-paintings-at-st-james-the-less-church-little-tey/ {{authority control Villages in Essex Former civil parishes in Essex Borough of Colchester