Little Maplestead is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the Braintree

Braintree (district)

Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex. Its main town is Braintree.The main centres of population are Braintree, Witham and Halstead....

 district of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

, England.

Amenities

Little Maplestead has a school and once had a Knight's Hospitaller establishment called Little Maplestead Preceptory.

It is however perhaps most famous for its round church, the church of St. John the Baptist. This is one of only four round churches now surviving and was built by the Knights.

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Notable people

Little Maplestead is the home of X Factor 2010

The X Factor (UK series 7)

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a £1 million recording contract with the Syco Music record label. The seventh series started on ITV on 21 August 2010 and ended on 12 December 2010. The winner was Matt Cardle and...

 winner Matt Cardle

Matt Cardle

Matthew Sheridan "Matt" Cardle is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to fame after winning the seventh series of The X Factor in 2010. He received a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music by winning, and his debut number one single "When We Collide" was released immediately...

 and actress Barbara Hicks.