Fingringhoe
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Fingringhoe is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. The centre of the village is classified as a conservation area, featuring a traditional village pond and red telephone box. The Roman River flows nearby before entering the River Colne.<ref name="FautleyGaron2004"/> The name means "hill-spur of the Fingringas", a tribal name denoting the "people who dwell on the finger of land".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It has frequently appeared on lists of unusual place-names.<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Dead link</ref>
GeographyEdit
Fingringhoe WickEdit
Fingringhoe is locally known for its salt marshes, which provide habitats for many birds and salt-water animals. These form part of the Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve managed by Essex Wildlife Trust.<ref name="FautleyGaron2004">Template:Cite book</ref>
HistoryEdit
Roman portEdit
During the 1st Century AD Fingringhoe was home to a river port which serviced the nearby provincial capital of Roman Britain at Camulodunum (modern Colchester).<ref>"Iron-Age and Roman Colchester", A History of the County of Essex: Volume 9: The Borough of Colchester (1994): 2-18, Janet Cooper, C R Elrington (Editors), A P Baggs, Beryl Board, Philip Crummy, Claude Dove, Shirley Durgan, N R Goose, R B Pugh, Pamela Studd, C C Thornton.. British History Online. Web. 01 June 2014</ref><ref>Crummy, Philip (1997) City of Victory; the story of Colchester - Britain's first Roman town. Published by Colchester Archaeological Trust (Template:ISBN)</ref> Given the lack of a known road between Fingringhoe and Colchester, it is likely that seagoing vessels stopped in Fingringhoe, where their cargo was transferred to smaller riverboats.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Middle AgesEdit
A manor located at Fingringhoe was donated by Henry I of England to the Norman abbey of Saint-Ouen at Rouen.<ref>Véronique Gazeau, Normannia monastica: Prosopographie des abbés bénédictins (Xe siècle-XIIe siècle), Publications du CRAHM, Caen, 2007.</ref>
MonumentsEdit
St Andrew's ChurchEdit
A prominent feature in the centre of the village, the north wall of St Andrew's Church dates back to the 12th century.<ref name="BettleyPevsner2007">Template:Cite book</ref>