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Tollesbury (St. Mary)

TOLLESBURY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Maldon, hundred of Thurstable, N. division of Essex, 8 miles (E. N. E.) from Maldon; containing 1149 inhabitants. The parish comprises 7918 acres, of which 1382 are common or waste land. It is bounded on the south by the river Blackwater, and the creek of Southfleet is navigable to the village for vessels drawing six feet of water. Tollesbury is supposed to derive its name from having been the place where customs or tolls were paid by ships entering the bay. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £16. 6. 3.; net income, £484; patrons, the family of Lawson; impropriator, R. Benyon de Beauvoir, Esq. The church is an ancient edifice, with a stone tower. There is a place of worship for Independents.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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