In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pitsea like this:
PITSEA, a village and a parish in Billericay district, Essex. The village stands near a creek of the Thames and near the Southend railway, 5 miles W S W of Rayleigh; and has a station on the railway . The parish ismainly peninsulated by creeks, and includes part of Canveyisland. Post-town, Rayleigh, under Chelmsford. ...
Acres, 2, 167; of which 125 are water. Real property, £2, 196. Pop., 263. Houses, 57. The property is divided among a few. The manor was held, at the Norman conquest, by Ulneva, the wife of Phin. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £420.* Patron, alternately the Hon. L. F.Dawnay and the Rev. G. Heath-cote. The church stands on a knoll, commanding a fineview of the surrounding country and the Thames; and it has a tower.
Pitsea through time
Pitsea is now part of Basildon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Basildon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pitsea itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pitsea, in Basildon and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6860
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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