STOW-MARIES, a parish in the hundred of DENGIE,
county of ESSEX, 5 miles (S. by W.) from Maidon,
containing 242 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £18. 6. 8., and in
the patronage of the Rev. G, H. Storie, The church is
dedicated to St. Mary and St. Margaret. The parish
is bounded on the south by Crouch river.