Buildings and Development

Significant Buildings, Residential and Business Growth

The Tithe Map (2)
Brickworks (12)
Benfleet Brickworks
The Hoy and Helmet (5)
Listed Building formerly known as The Hoy Inn
Notable Buildings and Gardens (16)
Buildings of interest in Benfleet
Advertising and Marketing (6)
Illustrating changes in shops and shopping over the years
Houseboats (31)
The stories of those folk who made their homes in the Creek
Library (12)
How we got our Library
Residential (4)
How Benfleet become more than just a small village
Shops and Businesses (46)
With your help we hope to tell the story of our changing High Road
Benfleet Institute 1892-1932
I found the first reference to the site which The Institute came to occupy, in ...
Benfleet Tithe Barn
The barn was part of Hall Farm until it was destroyed by fire in 1939.
Changing Times - Then and Now - Brook Road
16 Brook Road
Hittons and Welk House Farm
The Tithe map of Benfleet, 1841
Images of Benfleet from the collection of Pauline Adams
A selection of photos, postcards and prints courtesy of Simon Watson
Kersey Marsh Farm
1841 and beyond
Poynetts Farm
1841 and beyond
Property Auction 1860
Auction held at The Crown Inn, Rayleigh
Reeds Hill Farm
1841 and all that
The Crown to Half Crown
'Runaway lorry jack-knifes into pubs'
The Day The Wells Ran Dry
Benfleet in 1899
The Hall Farm according to the tithe map of 1841
The Hall Farm was a sizeable farm in local terms, stretching from Church Creek to Cemetery Corner and covering just over 163 acres.
Uncovering the Lost Explosives Magazines
Beyond the Point joins Dave Cowan on the hunt