Bowers Gifford 1863 Whites directory

BOWERS GIFFORD, or Bures Gifford, a small village, 4 miles W.S.W. of Rayleigh, has in its parish 283 souls, and 2606 acres of land, partly in low marshes, extending southward to South Benfleet creek, and including part of Canvey Island. Before the Conquest, it belonged to Westminster Abbey, but at Domesday Survey it was held … Read more