Lexden has a wealth of history to it.

And these images from our archives only scrape the surface, taking in its historic buildings and landmarks along the way.

Just a mile from the town centre, Lexden is mentioned in the Domesday book and stands on the fortifications of iron age Colchester.

The remains of the earthen ramparts can be seen at Bluebottle Grove, Lexden Park and alongside Straight Road and a number of burial mounds or tumuli remain, lead by Lexden Tumulus in Fitzwalter Road which is said to be to be the burial place of Cunobelinus or Cymbeline.

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