Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fobbing

Fobbing, par. and vil., S. Essex, 7½ miles SE. of Billericay, 2588 ac. (27 water) and 307 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 429; P.O.; Jack Cade's rebellion broke out at Fobbing in 1450; 2 miles NW. of vil. is the sca's of Fobbing Hall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Fobbing AP/CP       Essex AncC
Place: Fobbing

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