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From: "David Lamb" <>
Subject: Re: Layer Breton
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 07:13:03 +0100
References: <000501c22b2e$f7dad940$3133893e@newdell>


Hello,

I hope this doesn't seem nit-picking, but to avoid confusion, could I just
say that the "Great Colchester Earthquake" which damaged the original church
building at Layer Breton happened on 22 April 1884, not in 1883 (which was
perhaps a typing mistake). In his book "The Great English Earthquake" (ISBN
0 7090 4391 0) Peter Haining writes:

"At Layer Breton, which lies between the Wigboroughs and Birch, the damage
was 'widespread' according to the Essex Chronicle: 'The chimneys of every
house in the village are more or less destroyed . . . and the Rectory was
considerably damaged.' The parish church itself was rendered so unsafe
that, later, it was considered unwise to continue services there. Instead
they were transferred to a large barn nearby which was affectionately
nicknamed 'St Barnabas' by the local people!"

Regards,
David Lamb (Paignton, Devon, UK)
Interests (Essex): BAXTER, BERRY, EREY, GOLDSTONE, LAMB, MOTT, PARTRIDGE,
SARGENT, TICHBORNE, WEBB, WILLSHER
(Suffolk): BRYNGLOVE, CRISPE, FINCH, PARTRIDGE, PORTER, PRATT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew and Andrea Barham" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: Layer Breton


<snip> (it was demolished in 1915 and was as a direct - although lingering -
> result of the Earthquake of 1883) >

Andy Barham
>



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