WENNINGTON, a parish in the hundred of
CHAFFORD, county of ESSEX, 2 miles (N. by W.) from
Purfleet, containing 128 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of
London, rated in the king's books at £8, and in the
patronage of the Bishop of London. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter. There are extensive marshes in
this parish, stretching southward and westward to the
Thames.