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- It has historically been a primarily agricultural community situated at the southern edge of the old ice age flood plain traversed by the river Mardyke.
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Orsett, Essex. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Orsett like this: ORSETT, a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a district, in Essex.
- Orsett | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the ...
Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Orsett. Orsett, par. and...
- Orsett | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the ...
Orsett is a village, former civil parish and ecclesiastical parish located within Thurrock unitary district in Essex, England, it is north-east of Grays. In 2011 the ward had a population of 6,115.
Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Orsett. Orsett, par. and vil., Essex, 9 miles S. of Brentwood, 4220 ac., pop. 1496; P.O., T.O.; near the vil. is Orsett Hall, seat. (John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)) Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place.
There is an endowed school for educating and clothing fourteen boys, founded by Edward Anson, Esq. Orsett Hall, the manor-house, was erected upwards of three hundred and fifty years ago. In the neighbourhood are vestiges of ancient intrenchments, enclosing four or five acres."
Historical Description. Orsett, a village and a parish in Essex. The village stands 4 miles NE from Grays station on the London, Tilbury, and Southend railway, and 9½ S by E of Brentwood. It is a seat of petty sessions, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Grays.
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Aug 18, 2019 · Orsett was one of the richest parishes in Essex, netting its clergyman over £1,200 a year in tithe income - equal to about £150,000 nowadays. In 1842, Bishop Charles Blomfield decided that the...
Orsett. Go back. In modern parlance Orsett would be described as 'The Gateway to the Fens' and here that old chestnut can genuinely be told that the proprietor of the Foxhound sells his beer by the pound, that is if you have noticed the tiny stockade on the green that once sheltered stray animals.
