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Kirby-le-Soken is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district in north-east Essex, England, which is mainly agricultural, but increasingly residential, near Frinton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze. In 2021 the built-up-area had an estimated population of 1208. [1]
The previously separate parishes of Frinton, Great Holland, Kirby le Soken and Walton le Soken had been combined in 1934 as part of a Local Government Act 1929 review to form a new parish and urban district of Frinton and Walton. It had a population of 19,039 according to the 2001 census, reducing to 18,845 at the 2011 census. [1]
Thorpe, Kirby and Walton once made up the ancient manor of Adulvesnasa. [1] This name probably refers to the promontory or Naze where Walton now lies, and may denote a former landowner. [ 2 ] The Domesday Book states that, in 1066, the manor was owned by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's in London , and was assessed at 27 hides .
In the extreme east of the district is an area formerly known as the Soken which was granted special privileges in Saxon times. It is remembered in the place names Kirby-le-Soken, Thorpe-le-Soken and Walton-le-Soken (an older name for Walton-on-the-Naze).
The parish was earlier known as Eadolfenaesse and then as Walton-le-Soken. [4] The name Walton is a common one meaning a 'farmstead or village of the Britons', [5] while 'Soken' denotes the soke (an area of special jurisdiction) that included Thorpe, Kirby and Walton, which were not under the see of London but under the chapter of St Paul's ...
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[2] Thorpe-le-Soken's contiguous history can be traced back to Saxon times. [3] In c. 970, King Æthelstan confirmed the grant of Eduluesnaesa – combined estate of Kirby, Thorpe and Walton – to St Paul’s. Soken meaning a jurisdiction [4] with separate taxation and managerial responsibilities. There has been a manor house at Thorpe since ...
Frinton was once geographically distinct, but housing estates now line the roads between Frinton and Walton-on-the-Naze, Kirby Cross and Kirby-Le-Soken. The town has sandy and stone beach washed daily, more than a mile (1,600 m) long, with wardens in season, and an area of sea zoned for swimming, sailing and windsurfing.