FOBBING
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
FOBBING, a village and a parish in Orsett district, Essex. The village stands on a hill, near Holehaven creek, 3 miles N of the Thames, 212; NE by N of Stanford-le-Hope r. station, and 734; 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 living 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 spacious meads, with cattle sprinkled o'er,
Conducts the eye along its sinuous course, ,
Delighted..
Transcribed by Noel Clark