West Tilbury
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West Tilbury is a parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock, Essex, England.
Part of Tilbury Fort is in West Tilbury. The modern town of Tilbury is mainly in the traditional parish of Chadwell St Mary.
A case has been made that West Tilbury was the location for the minster church established by St Cedd at Tilaburg.[1] However, majority opinion favours East Tilbury.[2]
Queen Elizabeth I reviewed her troops here in 1588, delivering her Speech to the Troops at Tilbury. The main Spanish attack was expected in Essex, but ships were used to construct a bridge allowing troops to cross the river and prevent the attacking Spanish army from capturing London if it landed in Kent.
William Laud, later Archbishop of Canterbury, was appointed rector of West Tilbury in 1609.
In the eighteenth century, water from West Tilbury was bottled and sold for its medicinal properties.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ David R Mott The Medieval Religious Houses of Essex, Vol 2, page 38
- ^ A Saunders Chapel-Hospital-Blockhouse?, Panorama, The Journal of the Thurrock Local History Society, Volume 13, 1970
- ^ http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/heritage/content.php?page=factfiles_details&id=48
