Beaumont-cum-Moze
Beaumont-cum-Moze () is a civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 352, reducing to 339 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the hamlets of Beaumont and Moze Cross. The place-name 'Beaumont' was originally "Fulanpettæ" in a Saxon charter of circa 995, and "Fulepet" in the Domesday Book of 1086, meaning 'foul pit'. By 1175-80 it had become "Bealmont", meaning 'beautiful hill', a very early example of successful rebranding. The place-name 'Moze' is first attested in the Domesday Book, where it  appears as "Mosa". This is from the Old English "mos" meaning 'marsh' or 'moss'. Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy lived at Thorpe Hall in Thorpe-le-Soken and is buried at the 11th-century Parish Church of St Leonard in Beaumont-cum-Moze. Beaumont Cut is a derelict canal in the parish. Governance. Beaumont-cum-Moze is part of the electoral ward called Beaumont and Thorpe. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,300.