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Virley (St. Mary)

VIRLEY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Lexden and Winstree, hundred of Winstree, N. division of Essex, 8¼ miles (S. S. W.) from Colchester; containing 68 inhabitants. Virley creek, in the parish, is navigable to the sea. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Rev. C. S. Coxwell: the tithes have been commuted for £155, and there are 18 acres of glebe.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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