Burnham on Crouch Town History Statistics Historical Statistics Name     Source 1801 Population 1054 PG 1813 Population 1054 TD 1813 Number of Houses 210 TD 1831 Population 1393 PG 1831 Population 1371 TDE 1837 Number of  Houses   261 PG 1837 Acres 5050 PG 1837 Assessed Property Value £9044 PG 1837 Poor Rates £529 PG 1887 Acres 5523 DU 1887 Population 2130 DU   Factual and anecdotal information 1851 Two day and Sunday National schools endowed with £80 Fairs are held on 25 April and 24 September for toys There is a Baptist Church here founded in 1690 The Church Patrol is Lady Jane St John Mildmay PG   1887 A small town consisting chiefly of one street and pleasantly situated on the north side of the Crouch, which is navigable for the largest of ships up to the town and for vessels of 300 tons for 10 miles above. There is a good Quay. Boat, barge and ship building area carried on her but the principal product of the place are oysters, bred in beds in the river. The Oyster Company is an extensive concern but there are other oyster merchants. The marshes afford fine grazing ground. DU   Abbreviations used for Source PG - Parliamentary Gazeteer for England and Wales DU - Durrants Handbook for Essex TDE - Topographical Dictionary of Essex TD-Topical dictionary of England 1813

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