Southchurch

Other current and historical names

Sudcerca

Built-Up Area: Southend-on-Sea
Parish/Community: Southend-on-Sea, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Southend-on-Sea
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 51°32'23"N 0°44'21"E
Eastings/Northings: 590058, 185899
OS Grid: TQ900858
Mapcode Local: GBR YDC.ZS
Mapcode Global: VHKHM.RKP9

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Southchurch within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Southchurch in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Southchurch, par. and vil., Essex, 1½ mile E. of Southend, 1732 ac., pop. 770.

Southchurch in the Domesday Book

A village in Rochford hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Canterbury Christ Church
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Canterbury
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Canterbury
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £7 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 slave
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Woodland: 40 pigs
- Pasture: 200 sheep
- Other resources: 2 fisheries
- Animals in 1086: 8 cattle; 13 pigs; 16 goats; 4 cobs

British Place Names

Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea

Southchurch is a suburban area in Southend-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea

Southchurch in historic gazetteers

Southchurch in the Domesday Book