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Abberton, a parish in Lexden district, Essex; on the river Roman, 4 miles south of Colchester. Acres, 1,067. Real property, £1,574. Pop., 269. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £289 (with habitable glebe-house). Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is plain but good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].