LEXDEN, a village and a parish in Colchester district, and within Colchester borough, Essex. The village stands on the river Colne, near the Eastern Counties railway, 1 mile W of Colchester; dates from at least the time of the Confessor; and has a post office, under Colchester.—The parish comprises 2,440 acres. Real property, £9,799. Pop., 1,543. Houses, 337. Lexden Lodge was formerly the seat of the Lords Fitzwalters, and is surrounded by a moat. Lexden Park has some fine trees and a pleasant lakelet. There are several good residences, with pleasure-grounds. Some ancient entrenchments are on Lexden Heath. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £566.* Patron, Mrs. E. Papillon. The church was repaired in 1821. There is a national school, with £20 a year from endowment.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))