Place:


Virley  Essex

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Virley like this:

VIRLEY, a parish in Lexden district, Essex; 7 miles SE of Kelvedon r. station. Post town, Kelvedon. Acres, 632. Real property, £1,179. Pop., 67. Houses, 16. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £140. Patron, alternately the Rev.S. Coxwelland Sir T. N. Abdy. The church is ancient. Charities, £5.

Virley through time

Virley is now part of Colchester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Colchester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Virley itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Virley, in Colchester and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7119

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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