Myland / Miland / Milanda / Milaund / Mile End / Mileende / Milend / Myle Ende / Mylend / Mylende

No entry found for Myland / Mile End in the Domesday survey. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923) reports that the old church fell down in the 19th century and a new church was built in the village in 1854-5. The corresponding entry in the Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 9, 1994) notes: "Mile End was part of St. Peter's parish in the early 13th century, but had become a separate parish by 1254 when St. Botolph's priory held the advowson of the rectory. [...] From 1582 the church was frequently reported to be in need of repair, and c. 1700 the eastern part of the ruined chancel was demolished and a new east wall built. [...] By the mid 19th century the building was dilapidated and too small for the parish. A new church, designed by E. Hakewill in the Early English style, was built in 1854-5 half a mile north of the old one [...] An early 19th-century octagonal brick font, discovered during excavations on the site of the medieval church c. 1972, was placed in the Colchester museum." A font is mentioned in the Parish Annual Report for the Year 2008 [http://www.mylandchurch.org.uk/2009/reports-08.htm] [accessed 16 July 2010] as being in the new church. This must be the font introduced in the mid-1850s new church that replaced the medieval building; the new church was built abouth half a mile north of the old one and the old foundations are still visible. The Parish's own history of St. Michael [http://www.mylandchurch.org.uk/history7.htm] [accessed 16 July 2010] reports findings during excavations at the new church site in the early 1970s: "During this time, some interesting discoveries were made when the Colchester Archaeological Group under the auspices of the Colchester and Essex Museum revealed the foundations of the old church. The Font [cf. supra] was found to be buried in the ruins of the south porch. It is now in the Museum, where it will eventually be re-assembled: it is of brick and dates from the early 19th century."