South Benfleet Essex Family History Guide
South Benfleet is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex
Alternative names: South Bemfleet
Parish church: St Mary the Virgin
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1573
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639; 1800
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BENFLEET (South), a parish in Rochford district, Essex; on the coast, including part of Canvey island, and on the London and Southend railway, at Benfleet station, 4 miles SSW of Rayleigh. It has a post-office under Chelmsford.
Acres, 3,361; of which 305 are water. Real property, £3,756. Pop., 573. Houses, 125. The property is much subdivided. A strong castle was built here by the famous Danish pirate, Hastings; and taken and destroyed by Alfred the Great. The waters on the coast were celebrated for oysters.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £285. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The church is a fine structure of the time of Henry VII.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Rochford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – Barstable, Post-1844 – Rochford
- Poor Law Union: Billericay
- Hundred: Barstable
- Province: Canterbury