Historic Benfleet

The Origins and Stories of Settlement in Benfleet

'Belle Vue' 43 High Street, South Benfleet
Any further light which could be shed on this historic little cottage, or indeed any of the row of cottages beside it (Ivy Cottage, Rose Cottage, Vine Cottage etc) would be most welcome!
Benfleet & District Historical Society 1955 to 1982
Journals March 1956
Benfleet & District Historical Society 1960
Benfleet Tithe Map 1840
Benfleet Before The Railway
The Tithe Map, 1841
Benfleet Time Line
An illustrated guide
Benfleet Village
Scott's Illustrated Guide "Holland-in-England" 1906
Benfleet's Postal History.
Is this Benfleet's Oldest?
From Beamfleote to Benfleet
Local place-name origins
Harold Edford Priestley
The Historian
John Aubone Cook 1
Local hero
John Aubone Cook 2
Local hero
John Christian Mantel
The Maestro of South Benfleet
Queen Victoria One Penny Lilac. E29.
The only known example.
The Battle of Beamfleot (Benfleet)
An amateur map from 1955
The Battle of Benfleet
The National perspective
The Battle of Benfleet
The Local perspective
The Dreaded ague, a.k.a. malaria
The Curse of the Essex marshes
The Last Summer of Steam Train Services to Benfleet
The last timetable for the complete operation of steam hauled trains on the London, Tilbury, and Southend line, was published by British Railways – Eastern Region, for the summer period 12th of June to the 10th of September 1961.
Tithe Map Key
Acronyms used and plot number guide
What the Railway Navvies did for Benfleet.
Plague pits, Cholera and Fisticuffs