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{{short description|Village in Essex, England}}
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'''Tiptree''' is a village and ] in the English county of ], situated {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} south-west of ] and around {{convert|50|mi|km|0}} north-east of London. Surrounding villages include ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. '''Tiptree''' is a village and ] in the English county of ], situated {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} south-west of ] and around {{convert|50|mi|km|0}} north-east of London. Surrounding villages include ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].
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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. ] provides secondary and sixth form education. ], a Grade II* listed ], and the preserves company ], whose products use the village name as part of their brand, are located in the village. 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. ] provides secondary and sixth form education. ], a Grade II* listed ], and the preserves company ], whose products use the village name as part of their brand, are located in the village.


Tiptree is within the ] and is administered by Tiptree Parish Council, ] and ]. It is within in the ]. Tiptree is within the ] and is administered by Tiptree Parish Council, ] and ]. It is within the ].


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 ]d into his ] while playing. A video of the event was posted to YouTube and went ] in 2014.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite press release|last=|first=|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|agency=|accessdate=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|location=|publisher=Yahoo!|date=18 March 2014|accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> 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 ]d into his ] while playing. A video of the event was posted to YouTube and went ] 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>
] ]


== Nature reserves == == Nature reserves ==
Tiptree Heath lies to the south of Tiptree. The 25-hectare heath is the largest surviving fragment of heathland in Essex and is a ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004264.pdf |title=Tiptree Heath |format=PDF |accessdate=19 July 2008}}</ref> Historically the area was a focal point for smugglers, who used the secluded water inlets of ], ] and ], and often hid their contraband within the overgrown heathland. Species found on the heath include Cross-leaved Heather (]), Bell Heather (]) and Ling or Common Heather (]). To help maintain the heath, ] are grazed there during the summer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptreeturner.co.uk/tiptreefront.html |title=Tiptree – The Story So Far |accessdate=19 July 2008 }}</ref> and a herd of 8 hardy ] throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptreeheath.co.uk/wildlife/pony.php |title=Ponies on Tiptree Heath|accessdate=2009 }}</ref> ] is a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=15&N=&ID=1486 |title=Tiptree Parish Field |series=Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England |date=27 February 2013 |accessdate=10 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816130608/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=15&N=&ID=1486 |archivedate=16 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271460486%27|title=Map of Tiptree Parish Field|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 10 July 2016}}</ref> Tiptree Heath lies to the south of Tiptree. The 25-hectare ] is the largest surviving fragment of heathland in Essex and is a ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004264.pdf |title=Tiptree Heath |access-date=19 July 2008}}</ref> Historically the area was a focal point for smugglers, who used the secluded water inlets of ], ] and ], and often hid their contraband within the overgrown heathland. Species found on the heath include Cross-leaved Heather (]), Bell Heather (]) and Ling or Common Heather (]). To help maintain the heath, ] are grazed there during the summer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptreeturner.co.uk/tiptreefront.html |title=Tiptree – The Story So Far |access-date=19 July 2008 }}</ref> and a herd of hardy ] throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptreeheath.co.uk/wildlife/pony.php |title=Ponies on Tiptree Heath|access-date= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007134511/http://www.tiptreeheath.co.uk/wildlife/pony.php |archive-date=2011-10-07 }}</ref> ] is a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=15&N=&ID=1486 |title=Tiptree Parish Field |series=Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England |date=27 February 2013 |access-date=10 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816130608/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=15&N=&ID=1486 |archive-date=16 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271460486%27|title=Map of Tiptree Parish Field|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| access-date= 10 July 2016}}</ref>


==Governance== ==Governance==
An ] in the same name exists. This ward had a population of 7,583 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/tiptree-e05004142#sthash.6hDN47wQ.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=29 September 2015}}</ref> An ] in the same name exists. This ward had a population of 7,583 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/tiptree-e05004142#sthash.6hDN47wQ.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>


==Economy== ==Economy==
Tiptree is an internationally recognised brand of ] manufactured in the village by ]. The business was founded by the Wilkins, a local farming family in 1885.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptree.com/family_history.php |title=Wilkin Family History |accessdate=19 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727141413/http://www.tiptree.com/family_history.php |archivedate=27 July 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The company employs 220 full-time staff and has a turnover which exceeded £24&nbsp;million in 2008. Tiptree is a brand of ] manufactured in the village by ]. The business was founded by the Wilkins family, a local farmers, in 1885.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptree.com/family_history.php |title=Wilkin Family History |access-date=19 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727141413/http://www.tiptree.com/family_history.php |archive-date=27 July 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==Churches==
Tiptree is the home of ], the world's first online recruitment service,{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} based on the Tower Business Park. They now employ around 100 local people.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} Started in 1993, the company has grown significantly and in 2006 the company processed in excess of 9 million job applications. The village is the head office of Underwoods Motor Group with both ] and ] franchises. On the outskirts of Tiptree is Perrywood Garden Centre and Nurseries.
Within the Church of England, the village is part of the United Benefice of ] with Tiptree and Great Braxted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tk-tiptree-braxted-benefice.org.uk/stlukeshome.html |title=St Luke's Church |access-date=29 March 2010}}</ref>


There are three other churches in the village, Kingsland Church,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kingsland.org.uk/tiptree/tiptree_home.html |title=Kingsland Church |access-date=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624075249/http://www.kingsland.org.uk/tiptree/tiptree_home.html |archive-date=24 June 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Tiptree United Reformed Church,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptreeurc.co.uk |title=Tiptree United Reformed Church |access-date=29 March 2010}}</ref> and St John Houghton, a Roman Catholic church.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourparish.org.uk/about-the-parish/fr-gordon.php |title=St John Houghton – Mass Centre |access-date=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602204328/http://www.ourparish.org.uk/about-the-parish/fr-gordon.php |archive-date=2 June 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Religion==
Within the Church of England, the village is part of the United Benefice of ] with Tiptree and Great Braxted. The parish church is Saint Luke's, located on Church Road, next to St Lukes CofE Primary School. The church celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tk-tiptree-braxted-benefice.org.uk/stlukeshome.html |title=St Luke's Church |accessdate=29 March 2010}}</ref>

Alongside the parish church, there are three other churches in the village, Kingsland Church,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kingsland.org.uk/tiptree/tiptree_home.html |title=Kingsland Church |accessdate=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624075249/http://www.kingsland.org.uk/tiptree/tiptree_home.html |archivedate=24 June 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Tiptree United Reformed Church,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiptreeurc.co.uk |title=Tiptree United Reformed Church |accessdate=29 March 2010}}</ref> and St John Houghton, a Roman Catholic church.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ourparish.org.uk/about-the-parish/fr-gordon.php |title=St John Houghton – Mass Centre |accessdate=29 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602204328/http://www.ourparish.org.uk/about-the-parish/fr-gordon.php |archivedate=2 June 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In nearby village of Tolleshunt Knights is the oldest and largest Orthodox Christian Monastery in Western Europe, the ]. It was founded by Elder Sophrony, an Athos trained monk from Russia, in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.thyateira.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=373&Itemid=163,|title = Monastery of St. John the Baptist|date = |accessdate = 13 July 2014|website = Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>


== Transport == == Transport ==
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Today, the village is bisected by the B1022 ] to ] road, and the B1023 Kelvedon to ] road. Tiptree is also close to the main ] trunk road which passes through Essex. Bus services link the village to surrounding towns. Today, the village is bisected by the B1022 ] to ] road, and the B1023 Kelvedon to ] road. Tiptree is also close to the main ] trunk road which passes through Essex. Bus services link the village to surrounding towns.

==Climate==
In East Anglia, the warmest time of the year is July and August, when maximum temperatures average around <span style="white-space:nowrap">21&nbsp;°C&nbsp;(70&nbsp;°F)</span>. The coolest time of the year is January and February, when minimum temperatures average around <span style="white-space:nowrap">1&nbsp;°C&nbsp;(34&nbsp;°F)</span>. East Anglia's average annual rainfall is about <span style="white-space:nowrap">605&nbsp;millimetres&nbsp;<span>, with October to January being the wettest months.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929093459/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19712000/areal/east_anglia.html |date=29 September 2007 }}, Met Office Climate Data,accessed 21 April 2012</ref>


== Notable residents == == Notable residents ==


* ] (1802-1880), silversmith, banker, inventor and Alderman of the City of London; owned, and died at, Tiptree Hall.<ref name="GBRJ">{{Cite episode |title=Ipswich to Chelmsford |series= Great British Railway Journeys |series-link= Great British Railway Journeys |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t7rgg |accessdate= 28 January 2014 |network= BBC |date= 28 January 2014 |series-no= 5 |number= 17 }}</ref>
Notable residents have included:

* ] (1802-1880), silversmith, banker, inventor and Alderman of the City of London; owned, and died at, Tiptree Hall.<ref name="GBRJ">{{Cite episode |title=Ipswich to Chelmsford |series= Great British Railway Journeys |serieslink= Great British Railway Journeys |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t7rgg |accessdate= 28 January 2014 |network= BBC |date= 28 January 2014 |seriesno= 5 |number= 17 |transcript= |transcripturl= }}</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Village in Essex, England For other uses, see Tiptree (disambiguation).

Human settlement in England
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Messing Maypole mill
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Population9,182 (2011)
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51°49′N 0°45′E / 51.81°N 0.75°E / 51.81; 0.75

Tiptree is a village and civil parish in the English county of Essex, situated 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Colchester and around 50 miles (80 km) north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch, Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham.

The placename 'Tiptree' is first attested in a charter of circa 1225, where it appears as Typpetre. The name means "Tippa's tree".

The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 9,152. 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 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 sneezed into his trombone while playing. A video of the event was posted to YouTube and went viral in 2014.

Church Road, Tiptree

Nature reserves

Tiptree Heath lies to the south of Tiptree. The 25-hectare heath is the largest surviving fragment of heathland in Essex and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Historically the area was a focal point for smugglers, who used the secluded water inlets of Tollesbury, Salcott cum Virley and Mersea, and often hid their contraband within the overgrown heathland. Species found on the heath include Cross-leaved Heather (Erica tetralix), Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) and Ling or Common Heather (Calluna). To help maintain the heath, Dexter cattle are grazed there during the summer and a herd of hardy Exmoor ponies throughout the year. Tiptree Parish Field is a Local Nature Reserve.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward had a population of 7,583 at the 2011 Census.

Economy

Tiptree is a brand of fruit preserves manufactured in the village by Wilkin & Sons. The business was founded by the Wilkins family, a local farmers, in 1885.

Churches

Within the Church of England, the village is part of the United Benefice of Tolleshunt Knights with Tiptree and Great Braxted.

There are three other churches in the village, Kingsland Church, Tiptree United Reformed Church, and St John Houghton, a Roman Catholic church.

Transport

From about 1904 until 1951 the village was served by the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway (locally known as the Crab and Winkle Line). It was an early victim of the mid-20th century cutbacks to the British Rail network and Tiptree railway station closed in 1951. The nearest operational railway station is Kelvedon on the main Norwich to London Liverpool Street line.

Today, the village is bisected by the B1022 Colchester to Maldon road, and the B1023 Kelvedon to Tollesbury road. Tiptree is also close to the main A12 trunk road which passes through Essex. Bus services link the village to surrounding towns.

Notable residents

  • John Joseph Mechi (1802-1880), silversmith, banker, inventor and Alderman of the City of London; owned, and died at, Tiptree Hall.

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.475.
  3. "Tiptree trombone sneeze man tells of 'freak event'" (Press release). London, United Kingdom: BBC News. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  4. "Trombone Player Makes Huge Sneeze During Concert". Yahoo News. Yahoo!. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. "Tiptree Heath" (PDF). Retrieved 19 July 2008.
  6. "Tiptree – The Story So Far". Retrieved 19 July 2008.
  7. "Ponies on Tiptree Heath". Archived from the original on 7 October 2011.
  8. "Tiptree Parish Field". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 27 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  9. "Map of Tiptree Parish Field". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  10. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  11. "Wilkin Family History". Archived from the original on 27 July 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2008.
  12. "St Luke's Church". Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  13. "Kingsland Church". Archived from the original on 24 June 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  14. "Tiptree United Reformed Church". Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  15. "St John Houghton – Mass Centre". Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  16. "Ipswich to Chelmsford". Great British Railway Journeys. Series 5. Episode 17. 28 January 2014. BBC. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

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