CHADWELL-ST. MARY, a parish in Orsett district, Essex; on the Thames, and on the Tilbury and Southend railway, 2 miles E of Grays r. station, and 2½ S of Orsett. Post Town, Grays, under Romford. Acres, 1,977; of which 160 are water. Real property, £2,946. Pop., 457. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. Chalk-caves occur here, called Daneholds and Cunobelin's gold mines. Tilbury fort is partly within the border. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £427.* Patron, the Rev. J. P. Herringham. The church is old but good. Charities, £12.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))