BOWERS-GIFFORD, a parish in the hundred of
BARSTABLE, county of ESSEX, 4 miles (S. W. by W.)
from Rayleigh, containing 221 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese
of London, rated in the king's books at £25, and in
the patronage of John Curtis, Esq. The church is dedicated
to St. Margaret. This parish is bounded on the
south by Holly and East havens, which afford a navigable
communication with the Thames.