CORRINGHAM
WHITE'S DIRECTORY OF ESSEX 1848
CORRINGHAM, a small scattered village, about 1½ mile N. of the Thames, and 11 miles S.S.W. of Brentwood, has in its parish 255 souls, and 2856 acres of land, including a large tract of low marshes, intersected by several creeks of the Thames, one of which is the proposed site of Thames Haven, as noticed at page 26. Sigar, a freeman, held the parish in the Confessor's reign, but it belonged to the Bishop of London at the Norman Survey. W. Wingfield, Esq., is now lord of the manor of Corringham Hall; but J. B. Massey and several other freeholders have estates here, and the parish is partly in two smaller manors, called Old Hall and Coggers. The knightly family of Baud were long seated here, and one of them obtained a grant for a fair and market, but they have long been obsolete. The Church (Virgin Mary,) stands on a green, and has a nave, north aisle, and chancel, with a low tower, containing three bells, and crowned by a shingled spire. A chantry was founded in the north aisle by Wm. le Baud, in 1328, and endowed with a house, 100 acres of land, and a rent-charge of 30s., held of the Bishop of London by the service of bringing to the high altar of St. Paul's, a buck and doe yearly. The rectory, valued in K. B. at £22. 13s. 4d., and in 1831 at £733, is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. J. H. Stevenson, M.A., who has a large and handsome residence, erected by himself, in the Elizabethan style, in 1841. The poor's land, 2A. 1R. 10p., is let for £6 per annum.
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
CORRINGHAM, a parish in Orsett district, Essex; on the river Thames above Canvey Island, and on the London and Southend railway, 2 miles NE of Stanford-le-Hope r. station, and 7½ S by E of Billericay. Post-town, Stanford-le-Hope, under Romford, London E. Acres, 3,536, of which 680 are water. Real property, £3,729. Pop., 229. Houses, 52. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £866. Patron, the Rev. S.S. Greathead. The church has a Norman tower and two brasses; and is good. Charities, £6.
Transcribed by Noel Clark