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Linford a second large well has been dug down into
the chalk and there is an abundance of good water
in it. Pumps, &c., are now fixed, and a main laid
from it across Mucking Heath to come out into the
high road at the junction of the road from Orsett
to Chadwell-St.-Mary with the road leading from
Stanford-le-Hope to Grays, at Orsett Cock, passing
then along the county road, and via Stifford Long
Lane to the company's reservoir at Aveley. The water
level in the district has been getting lower for the
last few years, and at Orsett, although many wells
have been lowered, there is a scarcity of water, and
the South-Essex Water Company's mains have now
been laid connecting with the main near "Red
Lion" Farm, on the Stanford-le-Hope road, going
thence to Orsett Cock and then down the road past
Barringtons to Orsett Hall and up through Orsett
Street to Orsett Rectory gate, then through the
village of Orsett up to the Union House, the
Schools, and Mill House—then from Orsett Street
along the road to Baker Street and Stifford Road
and on the Grays Road as far as Chapel Farm.
Bulplian and the lower parts of South and North
Ockendon are supplied from artesian wells, about
100-ft. deep, many of them overflowing above the
surface of the ground. Fobbing is supplied by a
few superficial wells. A main has now been laid
from Stanford-le-Hope to Digby Road, Corringham,
and water supplied by South Essex Water Company.
The Southend-on-Sea Water Company have a well
in Fobbing and have an agreement with Orsett
Rural District Council to supiply in this parish at
a charge of 1s. 6d. per 1,000 gallons; an enquiry
by the L.G. Board, very shortly to be held, as to the
advisability of borrowing money for the purpose of
laying a main to supply the village with water from
this source. Laindon Hills is badly supplied with
water, Dry Street, to the Bast, obtaining its supply
from a spring in a pool at Well Green, which is
liable to pollution from surface water. A spring