BERGHOLT (WEST), a parish in the Colchester
division of the hundred of LEXDEN, county of ESSEX,
3 miles (N. "W.) from Colchester, containing 694 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Colchester, and diocese of London, rated in the king's
books at £ 10, and in the patronage of William Fisher,
Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a
place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.