CORRINGHAM, a parish in the hundred of BARSTABLE,
county of ESSEX, 3 miles (E.) from Horndon
on the Hill, containing 235 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese of
London, rated in the king's books at £22. 13. 4., and
in the patronage of the ,Rev. W. R. Stephenson. , The
church, dedicated to St. Mary, has 'a tower 'apparently
Norman, with two tiers of plain round arches; at the
upper end are some pierced windows, and a low wooden
spire. This parish is situated between Tilbury Fort
and Canvey Island, and is bounded on the south by
the Thames.