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Myland (Mile End)
Myland (Mile End) shown within Essex |
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| OS grid reference | TL995275 |
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| District | Colchester |
| Shire county | Essex |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COLCHESTER |
| Postcode district | CO4 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Essex | |
Myland an alternative to the original "Mile End" is a civil parish in Essex, England that is now a suburb of Colchester. The original village was located approximately one mile north of the middleborough, or the centre of the Borough of Colchester. It probably acquired its name from its distance from the centre of Colchester.
The earliest record of the original village is from 1254 when Mile End became a separate parish. In the English Civil War, Colonel Fothergill's fort, a major roundhead stronghold was located just north of the village. Daniel Defoe held a long lease at Tubswick, an ancient house in the village (which burned down on 7th December 2009), where he wrote Moll Flanders, in which 'Mile End' is mentioned.
As part of Colchester Borough Council's Core Strategy 2008, there are plans to build 2,200 houses, a new primary school, two new secondary schools and a "community hub" retail-centre in Myland by 2021. This will add to 1,500 new homes planned for the Severalls Hospital site. There is considerable community opposition to these plans in their current form.
The parish has two public houses, 'The Bricklayer's' and 'The Dog and Pheasant', as well as a Catholic church, a Methodist church and St. Michael's Church of England church. Myland school, a primary school, is on Mill Road in the parish, and both Colchester General Hospital and the private Oaks Hospital are to be found in the parish.
Colchester United F.C.'s ground, The Weston Homes Community Stadium, is on the Cuckoo Farm/Severalls development in the east of the parish.
Myland Community Council has recently entered its third term, having been founded in 1999.
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