LAYER-DE-LA-HAY
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
LAYER-CROSS, a hamlet in Layer-de-la-Hay parish, Essex. An ancient cross was here.
LAYER-DE-LA-HAY, a village and parish in Lexden district, Essex. The village stands 1 mile S of the river Roman, and 5 SSW of Colchester. The parish contains also the hamlet of Layer-Cross, and comprises 2,577 acres. Real property, £4,137. Pop., 807. Houses, 162. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £80. Patron, T. White, Esq. The church is good, and has a tower. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.
Transcribed by Noel Clark