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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wallasea like this:
WALLISEA, an island in Rochford district, Essex; 5½ miles ENE of Rochford. It is bounded, on the N, by the river Crouch,-on other sides, by narrow belts of water; it communicates with the mainland by a causeway; it measures 3½ miles in length, and 1¾ in breadth; it consists chiefly of fertile marsh; and it is divided among the parishes of Canewdon, Eastwood, Paglesham, Great Stambridge, and Little Wakering.
Wallasea is now part of ROCHFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how ROCHFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wallasea itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wallasea, in Rochford and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25985
Date accessed: 12th December 2025
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