Welcome to the Dengie Hundred in Eastern Essex

By visiting this page you probably have an interest in Burnham on Crouch or one of the villages of the surrounding Dengie Hundred perhaps because of an ancestor who lived or worked there.

The site aims to provide some information to help you learn about life in the Dengie over the years as well as hard data that may specifically indenty some of the activities of your ancestors.

The area that this site covers

To make sure that you are in the right place the site covers the following towns, villages and hamlets - Althorne, Asheldham, Bradwell on Sea, Bradwell Waterside, Bridgemarsh, Burnham on Crouch, Cock Clarks, Cold Norton, Creeksea, Hazeleigh, Howe Green, Latchingdon, Mayland, Maylandsea, Mundon, North Fambridge, Ostend, Purleigh, Ramsey Island, Rudley Green, St Lawrence , Snoreham, Southminster, Stansgate, Steeple, Stow Maries, Tillingham, Woodham Mortimer and Woodham Walter although most of the background information would be valid for all of rural Essex.

How to Navigate this site

Just click on one of the headings at the top of the page to be taken to the relevant index and then fllow the links.