It was lovely to visit the Lexden History Group's Archive Exhibition at St Leonard's Church Hall, where I met with the group and former Colchester Mayor and good friend Alderman Sonia Lewis.
This group explore the history of this beautiful part of Colchester. It was great for me to learn more about the history of my own home and the surrounding area. Their website is packed full of wonderful information about the history of Lexden. As is explained on their website, it was from the area around Lexden that Boudicca (Boadecia) amassed her army to attack the Roman town of Camulodunum (Colchester) murdering young and old and burning the town to the ground. During the Middle Ages, Lexden was principally an agricultural village dependent on Colchester for its economy. The Lord of the manor and manorial court was located at Lexden Lodge. Lexden’s growth occurred when wealthy Colcestrians, wanting to move out of the bustling town into the comparative quiet of the countryside, chose Lexden. In the mid and late 19th century the two kilometre road between town and village gradually became populated with large houses, merging the village of Lexden into an affluent suburb of Colchester.
You can discover more interesting information about the history of Lexden on their website: http://lexdenhistory.org.uk/history-of-lexden/