Little Horkesley

Shire countyRegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townColchesterPostcode districtCO6Dialling code01206PoliceEssexFireEssexAmbulanceEast of England UK Parliament 51°57′11″N 0°51′13″E / 51.952941°N 0.853672°E / 51.952941; 0.853672

Little Horkesley is a civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles north of Colchester on the south bank of the River Stour. In the time of Elizabeth I, the manor of Little Horkesley belonged to the Wentworth family, a branch of the notable Yorkshire family who became Earl of Stafford, and then passed by inheritance to a branch of the St. Lawrence family who had the title Baron and later Earl of Howth.

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• Victoria County History A History of the County of South Suffolk: Volume 10 - Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe