BENTLEY (GREAT)
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
BENTLEY (GREAT), a village and a parish in Tendring district, Essex. The village stands 7 miles SSE of Ardleigh r. station, and 8 ese of Colchester; and has a post-office under Colchester , and a fair on the Monday after Trinity Monday. The parish comprises 3,188 acres. Real property, £5,380. Pop., 1033. Houses, 235. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £360. Patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church shows some Norman features and is very good.
Transcribed by Noel Clark