In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lexden like this:
LEXDEN, a district and a hundred in the NE of Essex. The district comprehends the sub-district of Wivenhoe, containing the parishes of Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea; the sub-district of Peldon, containing the parishes of Peldon, Great Wigborough, Little Wigborough, Salcott, Virley, Fingringhoe, East Donyland, Abberton, Langenhoe, East Mersea, and West Mersea; the Sub-district of Stanway, containing the parishes of Stanway, Marks-Tey, Little Tey, Layer-Marney, Layer-Breton, Layer-de-la-Hay, Birch, Easthorpe, and Copford; the sub-district of Fordham, containing the parishes of Fordham, West Bergholt, Great Tey, Aldham, Pontisbright, Wakes-Colne, Mount-Bures, and Wormingford; and the sub-district of Dedham, containing the parishes of Dedham, Langham, Boxted, Little Horksley, and Great Horksley. ...
Acres, 73,831. Poor rates in 1863, £12,594. Pop. in 1851,21,666; in 1861,22,950. Houses, 4,963. Marriages in 1863,149; births, 826,-of which 46 were illegitimate; deaths, 473,-of which 175 were at ages under 5 yearS, and 11 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60,1,645; births, 7,806; deaths, 4,214. The places of worship, in 1851, were 34 of the Church of England, with 11,010 sittings; 9 of Independents, with 2,683 s.; 4 of Baptists, with 520 s.; 1 of Quakers, with 130 s.; 8 of Wesleyans, with 1,117 s.; 3 of Primitive Methodists, with 470 s.; 1 of Lady Huntingdon's Connexion, with 168 s.; and 2 of the New Church, with 310 s. The schools were 28 public day schools, with 1,665 scholars; 41 private day schools, with 972 s.; 41 Sunday schools, with 2,763 s.; and 1 evening school for adults, with 25 s. The workhouse is in Stanway; and, at the census of 1861, had 238 inmates.-The hundred comprises the divisions of Colchester and Witham; includes Lexden parish, and differs otherwise from the district, yet is mainly identical with it,-of less extent, but of greater population. Acres, 62,139. Pop. in 1851, 23,794; in 1861,24,241. Houses, 5,300.
Lexden through time
Lexden is now part of Colchester district. Click here for graphs and data of how Colchester has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lexden itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lexden, in Colchester and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20344
Date accessed: 16th May 2024
Not where you were looking for?
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Lexden".