PITSEA, a village and parish, 5 miles W.S.W. of Rayleigh, and 4 miles N. of the Thames, has a Station on the London and Southend Railway, and is at the head of a creek which runs up from that river at the west end of Canvey Island. It includes part of that island, and contains 263 souls, and 2048 acres ofland, mostly a strong heavy soil. At the Domesday Survey, it was called Piceseia, and was held by Eudo Dapifer, who gave part of it to St. John’s Abbey, Colchester. Pitsea Hall, an old farm house near the creek, gives name to a manor, which now belongs to the Hon. Miss Dawnay and the Rev. G. Heathcote. The Blincoe, Hasted, and other families, have estates in the parish. The Church (St. Michael) stands on a commanding eminence, and is an ancient structure, consisting of a nave and chancel, with a stone tower, containing three bells, and crowned by a shingled spire. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £16. 13s. 4d., and now at £420, is in the alternate patronage of the Hon. Lydia F. Dawnay and the Rev. G. Heathcote, and in the incumbency of the Rev. Hy. Hasted, B.A.
Abrey Charles, farmer
Baker Wm. farmer, Pitsea Hall
Bell Elizabeth, schoolmistress
Bettis George, grocer and carrier
Boutell William, wheelwright
Britton Wm. baker & shopkeeper
Collins Jeremiah, farmer
Crooks Robert, blacksmith
Freeman Stephen, carpenter, &c.
Grout Robert, corn miller
Hasted Rev. Henry, B.A. rector
Hickford John, victualler, Railway House
Mast Frederick, station master
Saveall John, shoemaker
Sparks John, farmer, Burnt Mill
Spooner William, parish clerk
Upson George, victualler, Bull
POST via Rayleigh
TRAINS to London and Southend.