A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2001.
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, 'Birch: Nonconformity', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe, (London, 2001) pp. 53. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol10/p53 [accessed 1 June 2024].
. "Birch: Nonconformity", in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe, (London, 2001) 53. British History Online, accessed June 1, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol10/p53.
. "Birch: Nonconformity", A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe, (London, 2001). 53. British History Online. Web. 1 June 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol10/p53.
NONCONFORMITY.
There was one Quaker in 1664, and in 1705 Thomas Bundock's house was licensed for Quaker meetings. (fn. 1) A few Quakers were reported in 1790 and two families in 1810, who presumably attended the Copford meeting. In 1810 some Independents attended a meeting in Layer Breton. (fn. 2) Primitive Methodists were recorded at Heckford Bridge in 1870-1. (fn. 3)