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THUNDERSLEY is So parish, near the high road Hemel Hempstead, and to Messrs. Frank and Thomas from Grays t<> Southend, I! miles south from Rayleigh Noon Talfourd: there are lID sittings. The register station on the Southend branch of the Great Easte,rn rail- da.tes from the year 1569. The living is a rectory, net way and 2k north from South Benfleet station on the Til- yearly value £380, with 40 acres of glebe and residence. bury and Southend railway, 7 west-by-north from South- in the gift of trustees, and held since 1901 by the Rev. end and 36 from London, in the South Eastern division of Thomas Noon Talfourd Major M.A. of ExeteT College. the county, partly [DJ Barstable but chiefly in Rochford Oxford. There is a Baptist chapel here. Charles Bertie bundred. Rochford union and petty sessional division, Pulleine Bosanquet esq. of Rock Hall, Alnwick, is lord Southend county court district, in the rural deanery of of the manor and R. Narty esq. is the principal land­ Rochford, archdeaconry of Essex and diocese of St. Albans. owner. The soil is loam; subsoil, clay. The land is and in the liberty of the duchy of Lancaster. The church principally pasture and small holdings. The area is of St. Peter, standing on an eminence, is a small but 2,544 acres; rateable value, £3,470; the population in ancient edifice of stone, in the Early English style, con- 1901 was 80g. sisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, south porch DAWES HEAT'H is a hamlet a mile and a half east. and a western turret of wood with a spire and containing The Peculiar People have two chapels here. A reservoir 2 bells: the arcades afford a good example of the. . h W period, and the carving of the capitals, nO two of which IS bemg erected here by the Sout end ater Works Me alike, is especially remarkable: the church was re- Company Limited. stored and the chancel entireJy rebuilt by the rector in Post Office. John Thorington, sub-postmaster. Letters 1885. when a stnined east window was erected 80S a memorial through Rayleigh S.O. by rural messenger. arrive at to Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd kt. justice of the Common 6·30 & IQ·30 a.m. 5.20 p.m. & 6.10 p.m.; dispatched Pleas. who died suddenly at Stafford, 13 Mar. 1854, at 12·30 & 6.30 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, while in the act of addressing the grand jury: another but not paid. Rayleigh is the nearest money order memorial window was erected in 1890 at a co-st of £50 & telegraph office, 2 miles distaut to Major William Wreford: in 1887 the west end of the Wall Lett~r Box, in Thundersley road. cleared at 8 a.m. church was restored and the west window, previously & 4 p.m.; sunday, 8 a.m blocked up, was reopened: a new west window was· National School (mixed), built in 1856, by the late Rev. placed in Ig01 as a memorial to the Rev. William Words- William Robert Bosanquet M.A. of Rock Hall, AInwick, worth Talfourd M.A. Tector 1881-19°1, and there are on ground given by him, for. 101 children; average others to John Ehret Dickinson esq. of Abbotts Hill, attendance, g8; Mrs. Jane Hopwood, mistress Bone William, Ingleside Broom Wm. Hobert, White Hart P.R Lyon William McMurray, florist Grant Cusmo M.B Clover William, jun. brickmaker Manor Brickworks Limited! r(The) Kirkness' Charles Mann Cranness George, shopkeeper Mapey Frederick, farmer Knight Frederick, Thundersley house Davy Alfred, grocer Marshall Nathan, builder Major Rev. Thomas Noon Talfourd Davey Alfred, nurseryman, seeds- Mtlirini Joseph, Forest Te.mpera,noe htl M.A. Rectory man & florist Playl~ William, blacksmith Messenger George, Woodcroft Dobney Wm.A.ugustus,refreshmnt.rms Sale Jesse, jobbing gardener Mitchell James, Dawes Heath Emson John, poulterer She11ey Samuel. wheelwright Nas>h ~dblphus Forhes A. & Son,building material dlrs Sheridan 'Villiam Henry, farmer Ramsey Frederick Charles Grant Cosmo M.B. & C.M.~berd. Spicer Paul, market gardener Rayner Henry, Thundersley lodge physician & surgeon &medicaI officer Thorington George, shopkpr. Dawes Slark Mrs. Kingsmead cottage &; public v·accinator, Hadleigh dist. Heath Ward Walter Rochford union Thorington Harry, fa,rmer,Gt.Burches Grigg James, farmer &; hurdle maker Thorington James, farmer COMMERCIAL. Grubb Charles, carman Thorington John, shopkpr. Post office Baker Isaac. carpenter Grubb Herbert, carman Thorn Thomas William, coal merchant Barn Steam Laundry (Louie Rauscher, Rarvey Stephen, farmer, Raymonds Warren Frederick, beer retailer proprietor) Knight Frederick, importer of orchids Wiggins Jsph.farmer & hay& straw dlr Brook Wm. Bobby, farmer, Cedar farm Lincoln John, hurdle maker &; frmr Wilby Arthur Edward, market grdnT' LITTLE (or EAST) is a small are some reIllilrkable caverns in the chalk, known as parish. near the banks of the Thames, I mile east from "Cunobelin's Gold Mines." and sometimes called Grays station on the London, and Southend rail- "Dane-holes." The trustees of Henry Landfield esq. way, 2 miles north-west from , 2! south Champion Branfill Russell esq. of Stubbers, near Rom­ from , 12 south-east from Romford and 22 from ford, Francis H. D. C. WhitmoIle esq. of Orsett Hall and London, in the South Eas'ern division of the county, the East and West India Dock 01. are the principal land­ Barstable hundred, Orsett union and petty sessional owners. The so~l is clayey; subsoil, clay. The chief division, Grays county court district and in the crops are wheat, beans and peas. The area is 1,321 acres rural deanery of 01'sett, archdeaconry of Essex and dio- of land, I of water, 143 of tidal water and 17 of fOl'eshore; cese of St. Albans. In 18'94 the parish was drained and rnteable value, £6,714; the population in Ie9I was 849 atlnnected with the sewage works at Grays. The and in 1901, 1,198. church of St. Mary is a. small building of flint and stone in the Early English style, eonsisting of chancel and Post & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- nave and a western tower: it was· restored in 18 78-9, Miss Eliza Waters, sub-postmistres·s. Letters through when a singular arch was discovered on the south side Grays are delivered at 7.30 & 8.30 a.m. 2.20 & 6.40 of the nave, on which was an ancient and curious wall p.m.; arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 8,30 & II.5 0 a.m. painting: there are 25 0 sittings. The register dates 4.30 & 8.25 p.m. There is no delivery or dispatch on from the year 1672. The l~ving is a rectory, net yearly ·sundays. The nearest telegraph office is at Grays, I v.alue £296, with residence and 61 acres of glebe, in the mile dist,ant gift of the Bishop of St. AI'bans, and held since 1901 by Wall Letter Box in ChadweU road, cleared at 6.30 a.m. the Rev. Alfred Haselhurst Delafield M.A. of Oxford 12 noon & 7 p.m. week days only University, and rural dean of Orsett: the rectory house National School (mixed), built in 1872, enlarged in 1888, stands on high ground, commanding an extensive view & further '8nlarged in 1893, for 180 children; average of the river Thames and the county of Kent. Here attendance, 98 boys & girls & 66 infants; WaIter is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, erected in 1876, and in Gregory, master; Miss Ameli6 M. Hitchcock, infants' College road a Baptist Mission room. In the parish mistress 1tIarked thus * should! he addressed Gardner Charles Henry, Bull P.H Onyett Wilfred, wheelwright Tilbury Docks S.O.) Gregory WaIter. schoolmaster Snelling Edward Thomas, cowkeeper, Carpmael Deanston, Lit. Thurrock hall *Hatton Joseph, grocer Chadwell road CODoley Ohas. Robert. Tyrrell hall Lock Robert, blacksmith Span·ton RichardH.shpkpr.Southend ret Delafield Rev. Alfred Haselhurst M.A. Morris Thos. insur. agt.Chadwell rd Turp George, farmer, Mullins farm (rector & rural dean of Orsett),Retry Orsett District Isola.tion Hospital (Rea Waters Eliza (Miss).shopkeeper &; sub- CorbetM.R.C.S.Eng.medical officer; postmistress COMMERCIAL_ Miss Constance F. Agar, matron), *White William, buildr. & beer retailr BaIson George Henry, Ship P.H Long lane and . WEST THURROOK is a parish, 3 miles east from Pur. the county, , Orsett union and petty ses· fieet and 1~ west from Grays station on the London, Til­ sional division, Grays county court district, rural bury and Southend railway. II south-east from Romford deanery of Orsett, archdeaconry of Essex and diocese and 19 frum London, in the South Eastern divis'.on of of St. .Albans. The Grays and Upminster secf.on of th&