3-021-687 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Town and Camp of Colchester: St. Nicholas's Church, 1869. 'The interesting town of Colchester...is, beyond all question, one of the most ancient places of historical importance in Britain, as it was the Roman colony of Camulodunum... The Church of St. Nicholas, in the High-street, with its projecting clock-dial, is half a ruin: it is more than 160 years ago that the old tower fell down through the roof of the chancel, which has never been restored, while the other portion of the building is kept in repair and used for public worship'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.