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"THURROCK (WEST), a parish in the hundred of GRAFFORD, county of ESSEX, 1 mile (W.) from Grays-Thurrock, containing, with the township of Purfleet, 839 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the jurisdiction of the Commissary of Essex and Herts, concurrently with the Consistorial Court of the Bishop of London, rated in the king's books at £15. 13. 4., and in the patronage of S. Whitbread, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Clement. The parish is bounded on the south by the Thames, where there is a landing place, opposite to Greenhithe." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
"PURFLEET, a township in the parish of WEST-THURROCK, hundred of CHAFFORD, county of ESSEX, 16½ miles (E. by S.) from London. The population is returned with the parish. It is situated at; the mouth of a rivulet, which empties itself into the Thames. The village is chiefly inhabited by people employed in the extensive lime-works and chalk-pits. The walks among the vast caverns which have been excavated in the neighbourhood are romantic, and the views from the elevations remarkably fine. Here are considerable bomb-proof magazines for gunpowder, belonging to government." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]Hide
- Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911, which includes most copies held at the ERO, Wharf Rd, Chelmsford. More information on other ways to view these census returns on the Essex
- A full list of Essex churches
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from West Thurrock to another place.
- West Thurrock was a member of the Chafford Hundred
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TQ584785 (Lat/Lon: 51.483276, 0.279843), West Thurrock which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- West Thurrock was a member of the Orsett Poor Law Union