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West Tilbury, Essex

Historical Description

Tilbury, West, a parish in Essex, near Low Street station on the London, Tilbury, and Southend railway, and extending south-westward to the Thames at Tilbury Fort. It has a post and money order office under Tilbury; telegraph office, Tilbury. Acreage, 1866; population, 539. A min-oral spring was discovered in 1727. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St Albans; commuted value, £556 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, N porch, and an embattled western tower. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Archbishop Laud was rector.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyEssex 
Ecclesiastical parishWest Tilbury St. James 
HundredChafford 
Poor Law unionOrsett 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Essex is available to browse.

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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CountyThurrock
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtRM18
Post TownTilbury

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