Layer Marney is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England, near Tiptree. Layer Marney has a Tudor palace called Layer Marney Tower and the Church of St Mary the Virgin.
History
The ancient village was in the hundred of Winstree in 1086.
In 1879 Kezia Peache and her brother became the Lord and Lady of the Manor of Layer Marney. The Peache siblings paid for the substantial repairs required to Layer Marney Tower.
In 2001 the population of the civil parish of Layer Marney was 206.
References
- "Layer Marney Tower, Layer Marney, Essex".
- "Church of ST Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney, Essex".
- "Layer [Breton, de la Haye and Marney] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/47240. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47240. Retrieved 21 February 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- "Nostalgia: Focus on one of area's many historic jewels - and its Tudor connections". Gazette. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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51°49′N 0°48′E / 51.817°N 0.800°E / 51.817; 0.800
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