Wenden Lofts is a civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The main settlement in the parish is the hamlet of Lower Pond Street. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 63.

Wenden Lofts
The former parish church of St Dunstan, now in ruins
Wenden Lofts is located in Essex
Wenden Lofts
Wenden Lofts
Location within Essex
Population63 (Parish, 2021)[1]
 London50 mi (80 km) SE
Civil parish
  • Wenden Lofts
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSaffron Walden
Postcode districtCB11
Dialling code01763
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Essex
52°1′1″N 0°7′20″E / 52.01694°N 0.12222°E / 52.01694; 0.12222[2]

The parish church, dedicated to St Dunstan, was completely rebuilt in 1845–6, replacing a 12th-century building.[3] The ecclesiastical parish was united with neighbouring Elmdon in 1931.[4] Since then, St Dunstan's Church has become a ruin.[3]

Wendon Lofts and Elmdon remain separate civil parishes, but they do now share a grouped parish council, called the Elmdon, Duddenhoe End and Wenden Lofts Parish Council.[5]

References

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  1. "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
  2. "Wenden Lofts". Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Dunstan (Grade II) (1274336)". National Heritage List for England.
  4. Youngs, Frederic (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume I, Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 156. ISBN 0901050679.
  5. "Elmdon, Duddenhoe End and Wenden Lofts Parish Council". Retrieved 17 November 2025.
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