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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barstable like this:
BARSTABLE, a hundred in Essex. It touches the Thames, 12 miles above and below Gravesend; extends from 7½ to 15 miles inland; and includes 33 parishes Acres, 77,400. Pop. in 1851, 15,216; in 1861, 15,280. Houses, 3,038.
Barstable is now part of BASILDON District. Click here for graphs and data of how BASILDON has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barstable itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barstable, in Basildon and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20794
Date accessed: 12th November 2025
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