11-608: Corringham may refer to: Corringham, Essex , England Corringham, Lincolnshire , England [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corringham&oldid=911667956 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
22-522: A Saxon community, and it is thought that St Cedd , who established Tilbury Monastery in AD 653, established a church here. The last Saxon Lord of Corringham was known as Sigar in 1066, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as holding 1 manor, 4 hides and 10 acres. The place-name 'Corringham' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Currincham . It appears as Curingeham in
33-624: A hill overlooking the Thames between Canvey Island and Tilbury Fort . It is 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Grays, the administrative centre of Thurrock. Corringham is also a Church of England parish stretching from Horseshoe Bay in the Thames Estuary to Dry Street, south of Langdon Hills. St Mary the Virgin Church is the first of its two parish churches, and originated in the Saxon period from
44-437: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Corringham, Essex Corringham is a town and former civil parish in the unitary authority area of Thurrock , in the ceremonial county of Essex , England, located directly next to the town of Stanford-le-Hope , about 24 miles (39 km) east of London and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Basildon . Corringham lies on
55-586: The Feet of Fines for 1204. The name means 'the village of Curra's people'. St Mary the Virgin Church is of Saxon origin, exterior herringbone stonework in both the nave and the chancel. can be seen. There are other Saxon features inside the church. The tower is also likely to be Saxon. From the 7th century a wooden structure was erected here where the nave is situated today, this would have been similar in construction to that of Greensted Church near Ongar in Essex, around
66-461: The 9th century Viking raids on Corringham meant that the church was reinforced by building 3' thick walls around the structure, With the Norman invasion of England in 1066, Corringham came under Norman rule, and was owned and administered by Bishop Odo who was bishop of London. The church underwent a building programme around the year 1100, with the west tower being built around this time. Inside St Mary
77-522: The Thames, has always had a connection to the movement of goods and shipping. One ancient pathway which still exists passes from the coast, through the cemetery and to the side of the Bull Inn, and then continues on to Hadleigh Castle and South Benfleet . In terms of electoral wards (areas of boroughs drawn to contain equal-sized electorates), the town is part of Stanford East and Corringham Town. On 1 April 1936
88-519: The Virgin Church, at the arched entrance to the west tower, a Norman carving of a Norman complete with moustache can be seen; it is possible this depicts Bishop Odo. The Baud Family originally from Germany came over with William the Conqueror in 1066, and became landowners in Corringham, mentioned in 1210, soon after gaining hunting rights. Corringham, being situated in close proximity to the marshes and
99-486: The parish was abolished to form Thurrock; part also went to Bowers Gifford . In 1931 the parish had a population of 1,897. Corringham had a non-League football club, East Thurrock United F.C. who played at Rookery Hill but went into liquidation in 2023 St Mary the Virgin Church, Corringham Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
110-540: The site of the old railway terminus, south of Fobbing Road, revealing the remains of Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) tools. It is likely that where the church stands today, Curra the Tribal Chief of the Saxons came with mercenaries following and replacing Roman soldiers of the 1st and 2nd centuries, who then over the following centuries settled as permanent residents of Corringham. By the 7th century Corringham would have had
121-637: The time of St Cedd in the 7th century. Corringham was formerly served by the Corringham Light Railway which connected the Kynoch munitions factory with the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway . The small historic heart is one of the seven conservation areas in the borough, which is for local government matters a unitary authority. Today, the town is located close to the A13 . In 1970 excavations took place at
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