THURROCK (LITTLE) is a village and parish, on the north bank of the Thames, 1 mile east of Grays Thurrock, and 2 miles N.W. of Tilbury Fort. It contains 292 souls, and about 1400 acres of land, rising boldly from the marshes, and generally fertile and well cultivated. At Domesday Survey it was held by the Bishop of London; but it is now in three manors, called Little Thurrock, Tyrells Hall, and Berewes, held by R. B. W. Baker, Esq., but a great part of the soil belongs to other proprietors. The Church (Virgin Mary) is an ancient structure, with a nave and chancel of one pace. In the south wall of the chancel are arches, supported bypillars, forming a recess apparently intended for the reception of a monument. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 15s. , and in 1831 at £505, is in the patronage of the Trustees of the late Rev. E. Bowlby, and incumbency of the Rev. E. L. Davies, M.A., who has a large and commodious residence and 8A. of glebe. Tithes commuted in 1841 for £523. In this and adjacent parishes are some of those caverns in the chalk called Cunobelin’s gold mines, and supposed to have been used as granaries bythe ancient Britons, and as hiding holes by the Danes.
Allen Mrs Elizabeth, farmer
Cook Miss Mary, farmer
Davies Rev. Edward Lutwyche, M.A. Rectory
Davis William, brick maker
Harvey Richard, parish clerk
Lees Mrs Susan, victualler, Ship
Mellor William, White Hall Farm
Spells Isaac, gardener, &c.
Towson Thomas, farmer, Wade Hall
Waters James, baker and grocer
Wheeler John, veterinary surgeon
Wright William Daniel, victualler, Bull
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