BENFLEET (NORTH), a parish in the hundred
of BARSTABLE, county of ESSEX, 3 miles (W.) from
Rayleigh, containing 303 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese ot
London, rated in the king's books at £16, and in the
patronage of the Rev. C. R. Rowlatt. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, has a small wooden steeple.
Canvey island partly belongs to this parish.