areas that were more peripheral or suburban to the main part of the town as it then was.

The parish church was founded early in the 12th century and a number of houses of medieval origins survive in Lexden Road (the A1124). Parts of the Sun Inn date from 1542 but it has recently become a private house.

In 1648, Lexden was the headquarters of Lord-General Thomas Fairfax during the Siege of Colchester, and his army

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