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North Shoebury, Essex

Historical Description

Shoebury, North, a parish in Essex, on the coast, 3 miles E of Southend,and 1½ mile N from Shoeburyness terminal station on the London, Tilbury, and Southend railway. It has a post office under Southend-on-Sea; money order and telegraph office, Shoeburyness. Acreage, 1103; population, 184. The manor belongs to the Welch family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St Albans; net value, £96 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient edifice of stone, chiefly in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and a western tower with shingled spire.

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 parishNorth Shoebury St. Mary 
HundredRochford 
Poor Law unionRochford 

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


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for North Shoebury from the following:


Land and Property

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

The Essex pages from the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 is online.


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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CountySouthend-on-Sea
RegionEastern
CountryEngland
Postal districtSS3
Post TownSouthend-On-Sea

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