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{{short description|Village in Essex, England}}
{{other uses|Tiptree (disambiguation)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_name = Messing Maypole mill.jpg
| static_image_caption = Messing Maypole mill
| country = England
| official_name = Tiptree
| civil_parish = Tiptree
| coordinates = {{coord|51.81|0.75|display=inline,title}}
| population = 9,600
| population_ref = (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colchester.gov.uk/2021-census-data/?id=&page=tiptree|title=Civil Parish population 2021|access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref>
| shire_district = [[City of Colchester]]
| shire_county = [[Essex]]
| region = East of England
| constituency_westminster = [[Witham (UK Parliament constituency)|Witham]]
| post_town = COLCHESTER
| postcode_district = CO5
| postcode_area = CO
| dial_code = 01621
| os_grid_reference = TL895165
}}
'''Tiptree''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the English county of [[Essex]], situated {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} south-west of [[Colchester]] and around {{convert|50|mi|km|0}} north-east of London. Surrounding villages include [[Messing, Essex|Messing]], [[Tolleshunt Knights]], [[Tolleshunt Major]], [[Layer Marney]], [[Inworth]], [[Birch, Essex|Birch]], [[Great Braxted]], [[Great Totham]] and [[Little Totham]].

The area was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as Woodland for Swine as part of the Great Forest of Essex, until the 1200s when [[King John]] ordered deforestation.  An area of over 1,000 acres of wasteland became known as the land of heath and thief frequented by smugglers, vagabonds and thieves. From records and maps the following were names for the area: Tipentrie, Typpetre, Tippetre, Typeltre,  Typetre, Tiptre Heth, Tiptree Comon and heath. The name could mean "Tippa's tree".<ref>[[Eilert Ekwall]], ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.475.</ref> or the town of the Prior of Tipper, the celtic term for town being try and a Prior of Tiptree Priory or house having been given licence to impark sixty acres of his own soil within the Forest of Essex.
Tiptree did not become an official parish until 1934. The area which became known as Tiptree Heath was previously part of 7 different parishes: Tolleshunt Knights, Inworth, Messing, Great Braxted, Great Wigborough, Tollesbury, and Tolleshunt D'arcy, with sections of the heath known as Whittakers Heath, Sadlers Heath, Messing Heath and Paternoster Heath.

The population of the civil parish at the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 census]] was 9,152; by the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], this has risen to 9,600.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colchester City Council |url=https://www.colchester.gov.uk/2021-census-data/?id=&page=tiptree |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=www.colchester.gov.uk |language=en-US}}</ref> The village has been expanding rapidly for several years with large numbers of new houses and estates being built, though it stills retains the title of being a village. The 'village' status was the subject of a local [[referendum]] in 1999 but residents and secondary school pupils rejected town status. Tiptree is amongst the contenders for the title of '[[largest village in England]]'.

Tiptree has four primary schools: St Luke's Church of England Primary school, Milldene Primary School, Tiptree Heath Primary School and Baynard's Primary School. [[Thurstable School]] provides secondary and sixth form education. [[Messing Maypole Mill]], a Grade II* listed [[tower mill]], and the preserves company [[Wilkin & Sons]], whose products use the village name as part of their brand, are located in the village.

Tiptree is within the [[City of Colchester]] and is administered by Tiptree Parish Council, [[Colchester City Council]] and [[Essex County Council]]. It is within the [[Witham (UK Parliament constituency)|Parliamentary constituency of Witham]].

Tiptree was the site of the Tiptree sneeze, an event that occurred on 22 February 2014 at a concert by the London Central Fellowship Band at St. Luke's Parish Church where a trombonist [[sneeze]]d into his [[trombone]] while playing. A video of the event was posted to YouTube and went [[viral video|viral]] in 2014.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite press release|date=20 March 2014|title=Tiptree trombone sneeze man tells of 'freak event'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-26662138|location=London, United Kingdom|publisher=BBC News|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Trombone Player Makes Huge Sneeze During Concert|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/qld/video/watch/22030667/trombone-player-makes-huge-sneeze-during-concert/|newspaper=Yahoo News|publisher=Yahoo!|date=18 March 2014|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Tiptree Church Road.jpg|thumb|right|Church Road, Tiptree]]