HEYBRIDGE, a parish in the hundred of THURSTABLE,
county of ESSEX, 1 mile (N.N.E.) from Maldon,
containing 868 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
rated in the king's books at £ 10, and in the.peculiar
jurisdiction and patronage of the Dean and Chapter of
St. Paul's, London. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew.
The Chelmer navigation has much improved the
trade of this place, by means of a canal-which passes
through the parish, and separates it from Northey island,
on the Blackwater river; its buildings have likewise
considerably increased in number; The bridge was
erected by Henry VJ, A causeway was constructed
between Heybridge and Maldon before the time of
Edward II.