Dengie is a peninsula in Essex, England, that once formed a hundred of the same name (sometimes spelled Dengy).
The peninsula is formed by the River Crouch to the south, the Blackwater to the north, both of which are tidal, and the North Sea to the east. The eastern part of the peninsula is marshy and forms the Dengie Marshes.
The western boundary of
Places on the peninsula are
- Althorne, Asheldham
- Bradwell-on-Sea, Bradwell Waterside, Burnham-on-Crouch
- Cold Norton, Creeksea
- Dengie (village)
- Hazeleigh
- Langford
- Latchingdon
- Mayland, Maylandsea, Mundon
- North Fambridge
- Purleigh
- Ramsey Island
- Snoreham, Southminster, Steeple, Stow Maries, St Lawrence Bay
- Tillingham
- Woodham Mortimer, Woodham Walter
See also
External links
- Images of the Dengie Hundred Photographs of the Dengie Hundred.
- Information and photographs of the villages of the Dengie Hundred
- Information and photographs of Burnham on Crouch which is the main town of the Dengie Hundred
- (http://www.burnhamreview.co.uk www.burnhamreview.co.uk - the local magazine for Burnham-on-Crouch and the Dengie Hundred villages, including Southminster, Asheldham, Tillingham, Bradwell, St. Lawrence, Steeple, Mayland, Althorne, Latchingdon & Creaksea)
- The Rotary Club of Burnham on Crouch and Dengie Hundred
- The history of the Dengie Hundred
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