Virley

Virley
Virley
	Virley Location within Essex
Population	61 (2001)
OS grid reference	TL 950 113
Civil parish	Virley;
District	Colchester;
Shire county	Essex;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Maldon
Postcode district	CM9
Dialling code	01621
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Witham;

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.

External links

1884 earthquake

References

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

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

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