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Stifford, Aveley, South and North Ockeudon,
Stanford-le-Hope, Horndon-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 accross 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
down the road past Barringtons to Orsett Hall,
up through Orsett street to Orsett Rectory gate,
and 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 oil the Grays road as far as
Chapel Farm. Bulphan 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. A
main has now been laid from Stanford-le-Hope to
Digby-road, Corringliam, and water is supplied by
the South-Essex Water Company. Fobbing village
is now supplied by the Southend-on-Sea Water
Company from their well at Fobbing. Laindon