19-503: Barstable may refer to: Barstable, Essex , a location in the United Kingdom Barstable (hundred) , Essex, England Barstable School , Basildon, Essex, England See also [ edit ] Bastable (disambiguation) Barnstable (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
38-552: A person or a descriptive adjective. However, more recent work suggests it comes from berde – a battle axe. The second element is a post or pillar. The post would have marked the meeting place for the hundred. During the Saxon period, the men of the hundred met to discuss local issues and to conduct judicial trials. The moot site for the Barstable hundred was said to be close to the former Barstable Hall. Reaney says, "The old hall
57-586: A unitary authority. Today, the town is located close to the A13 . In 1970 excavations took place at 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
76-594: Is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Currincham . It appears as Curingeham in 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
95-506: 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 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
114-758: 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 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),
133-605: The Virgin Church is the first of its two parish churches, and originated in the Saxon period from 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
152-457: The boundary in part following the Mardyke ) and on the south by the river Thames . The parish boundary between Grays Thurrock and Little Thurrock is also the hundred boundary between Barstable and Chafford. The interlocking boundary between these parishes suggests the existence of a common pasture originally shared, prior to the establishment of the hundred boundary. The name of the hundred
171-437: The boundary with the parish of Vange. According to Godman, "the manor-house had disappeared before Morant's time, a farmhouse being built in a lower situation. This has been in its turn deserted, and the buildings now remaining are fragmentary." Anderson says "the original hall stood further south", "at the highest point in the parish". According to another source, this was destroyed by an explosion in 1834, and may now be under
190-473: The following centuries settled as permanent residents of Corringham. By the 7th century Corringham would have had 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'
209-576: The place now called Barstable Hall, in Langdon and Basildon ... which being near the centre of the Hundred, was then the most convenient place for holding Courts, and transacting all affairs of a public nature." The name of the hundred is frequently written as Barnstable in older documents. The name appears as Berdestapla in Domesday . P.H. Reaney suggests that the first element of the place-name may be
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#1732787431065228-589: The railway line. The original location would have been close to the geographic centre of the hundred. The modern district of Barstable in Basildon new town is largely in the traditional parish of Vange. However, David Roffe notes that the Hundred Rolls for the Barstaple hundred were the verdicts of a hundred court held at Horndon-on-the-Hill . Canvey Island, which was also in the Barstable hundred,
247-466: The title Barstable . 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=Barstable&oldid=884097786 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Barstable (hundred) Barstable
266-575: 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 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
285-642: Was a Hundred in the English County of Essex . Both the hundred and the manor with the same name are mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Several parishes in the western part of the Barstable Hundred are now in Thurrock . Barstable is bordered on the east by Rochford hundred; on the north by Chelmsford hundred; on the north-west by the Ongar hundred; on the west by Chafford hundred (with
304-495: Was divided among a number of nearby parishes. Wheatley was recorded in Barstable hundred on Domesday, but later records put it in the Rochford hundred. 51°33′N 0°24′E / 51.55°N 0.40°E / 51.55; 0.40 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
323-408: Was near the junction of the boundaries of the parishes of Laindon, Corringham, Vange and Basildon". Still, there is no common boundary involving Corringham , Laindon and Vange . A Laindon court roll, dated 1573, mentions a motehill. If the location of the meeting place was close to the site of the now-demolished Basildon Hall, it would have been in Basildon parish, about 550 yards (500 m) from
342-518: Was normally that of its meeting place. Barstaple hundred takes its name from a location or settlement that is now in Basildon , a new town. This is mentioned as the manor of Barstable Hall, as Little Barstable Hall, and as Barstable Hall, alias Basildon Hall. Ernest Godman, writing in Home Counties magazine quotes the historian Philip Morant as saying the name "appears to have been taken from
361-430: 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 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
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