In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Bentley like this:
BENTLEY (Great), a village and a parish in Tendring district, Essex. The village stands near the Tendring Hundred railway, 8 miles SE by E of Colchester; and has a post office under Colchester, a railway station, and an annual fair. The parish comprises 3,188 acres. Real property, £5,380. Pop., 1,033. Houses, 235. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £360.* Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is very good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Great Bentley through time
Great Bentley is now part of Tendring district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tendring has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Bentley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Bentley, in Tendring and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6537
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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