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the North-Bast), 385ft. high. It is bounded on the
south and east (in great parts) by the river Thames.
Bordering the Thames are marsh lands, varying in
width from a few yards (at Purfleet) to miles 011
the south-east and east. At the north edge of the
marshes the land rises to a height of 100ft. or so,
the greater part of the district being a table-land,
which gradually falls to the north.
The chief supply of the district is derived from the
South-Essex Water Company. The mains supply
Tilbury Docks, Little Thurrock, West Thurrock,
Stifford, Aveley, South and North Ockendon,
Stanford-le-Hope, Horndou-on-the-Hill, Corringham,
and parts of Mucking and Orsett. The wells
are situated, one at Grays, in the Chalk pits, and
one (recently purchased) at Linford, Mucking,
supplying Stanford-le-Hope, Horndon-on-the-Hill,
and also runs along the road from Linford to Grays,
connecting with Grays near the cemetery. At
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. The South-Essex Water Company's
mains have now been laid connecting with the
main near Red Lion" Farm, on the Stanford-leHope
road, going thence to Orsett Cock and
"Water Supply.