In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Wakering like this:
WAKERING (Little), a parish, with four islands, in Rochford district, Essex; 4 miles ENE of Southend r. station. Post town, Great Wakering, under Southend. Acres, 5,862; of which 3,280 are water. Real property, £3,473. Pop., 283. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £200. Patron, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. The church is old but good.
Little Wakering through time
Little Wakering is now part of Rochford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rochford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Wakering itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Wakering, in Rochford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6958
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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