Lexden Hundred
The Hundred of Lexden is a hundred of Essex, in the north-east of the county. It is bounded to the north by Suffolk; to the east by Tendring Hundred to the south-east by Winstree Hundred; to the south by Thurstable Hundred; to the south-west by Witham Hundred; and to the west by Hinckford Hundred. It had a population of 162,627 in 2011
The hundred contains the ancient parishes of:
- West Bergholt
- Great Birch
- Boxted
- Dedham
- East Donyland
- Easthorpe
- Fordham
- Great Horkesley
- Lexden*
- Little Horkesley
- Langham
- Mount Bures
- Stanway
- Wivenhoe
- Wormingford
- Aldham
- Chappel
- Great Coggeshall
- Earls Colne
- Colne Engaine
- Wakes Colne
- White Colne
- Copford
- Feering
- Inworth
- Markshall
- Messing
- Pattiswick
- Great Tey
- Little Tey
- Marks Tey
*: In the ancient borough of Colchester.
The ancient borough of Colchester is locally situate in Lexden hundred, although it forms a hundred of itself.
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Barnstable • Becontree (including Havering liberty) • Chafford • Chelmsford • Clavering • Dengie (including Maldon) • Dunmow • Freshwell • Harlow • Hinckford • Lexden (including Colchester) • Ongar • Rochford • Tendring (including Harwich) • Thurstable • Uttlesford • Waltham • Winstree • Witham |