In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Layer Breton like this:
LAYER-BRETON, a parish, with a village, in Lexden district, Essex; on a branch of the river Roman, 5 miles SE by S of Marks-Tey r. station, and 6 SW by S of Colchester. Post town, Kelvedon. Acres, 954. Real property, £1, 763. Pop., 298. Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £350. * Patron, the Rev. W. Blow. The church is tolerable. There are chapels for Independents and Quakers; and the Independent one was rebuilt and enlarged in 1860.
Layer Breton through time
Layer Breton is now part of Colchester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Colchester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Layer Breton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Layer Breton, in Colchester and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6776
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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