Boot sales start at Further... Oct 07, 2007 11:10:29 The boot sales are back at Furtherwick Park scoll on Canvey Every Saturday 6am-1pmBe there
Did you no ? Jun 13, 2007 07:06:38 That one of the many explanations for why the Hill desending down Steeply from Kenneth Road.Thundersly towards Tarpots,was so called Bread and Chee...
Did you no? Jun 13, 2007 07:06:36 That King John once had a Hunting lodge in Thundersly as well as one in Hadleigh
Did you no ? Jun 13, 2007 07:06:32 That in the year 1649 two men,John Mart and Robert Sawell,both of Thundersly,confessed to the act of Sheep Rustling.For their trouble they were bot...
The Battle of Benfleet took place in 894 between the Vikings and Saxons.It was towards the end of the Saxon period and the Thames and other waterways made the area vulnerable to Viking attacks.Benfleet was used as a Viking Base.However the Vikings were defeated in the battle by the army of KingAlfred under the command of his son Edward the Elder and his son-in-law Aethelred of Mercia.