CHADWELL (ST-MARY'S), a parish in the hundred
of BARSTABLE, county of ESSEX, 3 miles (S.) from
Orsett, containing 202 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £17. 13. 4., and in the patronage
of the Rev. J. P. Herringham. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary. This parish is bounded on the
south by the Thames. In a wood near the highway
leading to Stifford are several ancient excavations,
termed Danes' Holes. Tilbury Fort is partly in this
parish.