FOWLNESS, (Essex) an island to the E. of Walfleet, which was formerly subject to frequent inundations, till by the Dutch
art of draining, it is become good land. At low water it may be come at on horse-back. Formerly here was only a chapel,
and it was inhabited by the parishioners of Rochford, Sutton, &c. but about the time of the Ref. it was made a parochial
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