Beaumont-cum-Moze | |
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Civil parish | |
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 Interactive map of Beaumont-cum-Moze | |
| Coordinates: 51°52′52″N 1°09′32″E / 51.881°N 1.159°E / 51.881; 1.159 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Primary council | Tendring |
| County | Essex |
| Region | East of England |
| Status | Parish |
| Population (Parish, 2021[1]) | |
• Total | 341 |
| Postal code | CO16 |
| Website | Beaumont-cum-Moze Parish Council |
Beaumont-cum-Moze (grid reference TM175250) is a civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Beaumont and Moze Cross. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 341.
The place-name 'Beaumont' was originally Fulanpettæ in a Saxon charter of circa 995, and Fulepet in the Domesday Book of 1086, meaning 'foul pit'. By 1175-80 it had become Bealmont, meaning 'beautiful hill',[2] a very early example of successful rebranding.
The place-name 'Moze' is first attested in the Domesday Book, where it appears as Mosa. This is from the Old English mos meaning 'marsh' or 'moss'.[3]
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy lived at Thorpe Hall in Thorpe-le-Soken and is buried at the 11th-century Parish Church of St Leonard in Beaumont-cum-Moze.[4]
Beaumont Cut is a derelict canal in the parish.
Governance
Beaumont-cum-Moze is part of the electoral ward called Beaumont and Thorpe. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,300.[5]
References
- "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
- Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.33.
- Eilert Ekwall, op. cit., p.333.
- "The United Benefice of Tendring, Little Bentley and Beaumont-cum-Moze". Retrieved 19 May 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Beaumont and Thorpe population 2011". Retrieved 24 September 2015.