STRATFORD-LONG-THORN, (Essex) the first village in the Co. next to London, in the p. of Westham, had an abbey, which, with
the site thereof, and the Ch. and Ch.-yard, was given by Henry VIII. to Sir Peter Meautys of Westham, whom he sent
ambassador to France; and part of the wall which keeps out the Thames, is still called Meautys's Wall. 'Tis said Sir Tho.
Campbel bought this estate in the last century; Mr. Price married his daughter, who has since sold it to John Pickering.