Virley

Village in Essex, England

Human settlement in England
  • Virley
District
  • Colchester
Shire county
  • Essex
Region
  • East
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UK
England
Essex
51°47′20″N 0°49′34″E / 51.789°N 0.826°E / 51.789; 0.826
Ruins of St Mary's Church, destroyed in the 1884 earthquake

Virley is a village and civil parish in the Colchester borough of Essex, England and forms part of the Winstred Hundred grouped parish council.[1] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 61. The village is about seven miles south of Colchester.

Virley is among the villages which suffered damage from the 1884 Colchester earthquake; the village church of St Mary's was largely destroyed in the quake, though some ruins remain.

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  • 1884 earthquake

References

  1. ^ Winstred Hundred Parish Council. "Winstred Hundred". Winstred100.org. Retrieved 3 October 2011.


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