In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rawreth like this:
RAWRETH, a parish in Rochford district, Essex; near the river Crouch, 2½ miles N W of Rayleigh, and 5 N E of Pitsea r. station. Post-town, Battle-Bridge, under Chelmsford. Acres, 2, 377. Real property, £4,023. Pop., 386. Houses, 75. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £660.* Patron, Pembroke College, Cambridge. The church is good.
Rawreth through time
Rawreth is now part of Rochford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rochford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rawreth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rawreth, in Rochford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6870
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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