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Wakering, Great (St. Nicholas)

WAKERING, GREAT (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union and hundred of Rochford, S. division of the county of Essex, 4½ miles (E. N. E.) from Southend; containing 860 inhabitants. It lies near the mouth of the Thames, where is a small convenient haven; and is traversed by the road to Foulness Island. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £20. 13. 4.; patron, the Bishop of London; impropriator, T. Clough, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £640, and the vicarial for £290; the impropriate glebe comprises 60, and the vicarial 2, acres. The church is a neat substantial structure, with a tower and spire. 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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