Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FOBBING

FOBBING, a village and a parish in Orsett district, Essex. The village stands on a hill, near Holehaven creek, 2 miles N of the Thames, 2½ NE by E of Stanford-le-Hope r. station, and 7¾ SSE of Billericay; and was the place where Jack Cade's rebellion began. The parish comprises 2, 654 acres of land, and 300 of water. Post town, Stanford-le-Hope, under Romford, London E. Real property, £3, 478 Pop., 393. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. Much of the land is marshy. The having is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £564.* Patron, the Crown. The church stands high; has a lofty tower; forms a conspicuous object at a great distance; and is good. There is a national school. Cowper describes the adjacent scenery thus:-

Here, Thames, slow gliding through a level plain
Of spacions meads, with cattle sprinkled o'er,
Conducts the eye along its sinuous course,
Delighted


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Fobbing AP/CP       Orsett RegD/PLU       Essex AncC
Place: Fobbing

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