Great Holland
Great Holland is a village in Essex,[1] located to the north-east of Holland-on-Sea, and west of Frinton-on-sea. The village is served by a bus service to Clacton-on-Sea to the south and Kirby Cross, to the north. The village is served by two churches, a Methodist church and the parish church, 'All Saints'. There is an annual church fete held in the grounds of the Old Rectory funds of which go to All Saints.
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The Ship Inn in Great Holland
Great Holland also has a village shop and a pub called The Manor.
Notable residents
- Lilian Hicks, suffragette, lived here[2]
- Amy Bull, a leader of the suffragettes, was born at Great Holland Hall in 1877.[2]
References
- Greatholland.com
- Elizabeth Crawford, ‘Bull , Amy Maud (1877–1953)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 1 Jan 2017
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