Layer Breton
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Layer Breton is a village and a civil parish in the Colchester borough
, in the county of Essex
, England
. Layer Breton has a church called St Mary the Virgin, Layer Breton.
The village was among those which suffered damage from the 1884 Colchester earthquake
.
Colchester (borough)
Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, the district is named after its main town, Colchester. The borough covers an area of and stretches from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island on the Colne Estuary in the south.The borough was formed...
, in the county 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
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Layer Breton has a church called St Mary the Virgin, Layer Breton.
The village was among those which suffered damage from the 1884 Colchester earthquake
1884 Colchester earthquake
The Colchester earthquake, also known as the Great English Earthquake, occurred on 22 April 1884. It caused considerable damage in Colchester and the surrounding villages in Essex...
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External links
- http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51098
- http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/essex/layer+breton