In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Canewdon like this:
CANEWDON, a village and a parish in Rochford district, Essex. The village stands on the river Crouch, 3½ miles NNE of Rochford, and 6½ N of Southend r. station; and has a post office under Chelmsford, and a fair on 24 June. Canute, the Dane, held his court here; and the name Canewdon is a corruption of Canute's Town. ...
A Roman station also was here; and several Roman urns and a torso have been found. The parish includes part of Wallisea island. Acres, 4,071; of which 100 are water. Real property, £7,858. Pop., 664. Houses, 140. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £495.* Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is later English, has a massive tower, and is very good. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £132.
Canewdon through time
Canewdon is now part of Rochford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rochford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Canewdon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Canewdon, in Rochford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6567
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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