North Benfleet is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

, now in the parish of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet, in the

Basildon Basildon ( ) is the largest town in the borough of Basildon, within the county of Essex, England. It has a population of 107,123. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1159. It lies east of Central London, south of the city of Chelmsford and ...

borough of

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...

, England, located between the towns of

to the west and

Thundersley Thundersley is a town and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Benfleet, in the Castle Point borough, in southeast Essex, England. It sits on a clay ridge shared with Basildon and Hadleigh, east of Charing Cross, London. In 1951 ...

to the east. It adjoins the small village of Bowers Gifford and is adjacent to the town of

South Benfleet South Benfleet is a town and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Benfleet, in the Castle Point district of Essex, England, 30 miles east of London. It is adjacent to the village of North Benfleet. The Benfleet SS7 post town includ ...

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 560. On 1 January 1937 the parish was abolished to form

Billericay Billericay ( ) is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Basildon, Essex, England. It lies within the London Basin and constitutes a commuter town east of Central London. The town has three secondary schools and a variety of open spaces. It i ...

. The Church of All Saints is to the north of the village, about north of the A13 main road and just south of the

A127 The A127, also known as the Southend Arterial Road, is a major road in Essex, England. It was constructed as a new arterial road project in the 1920s, linking Romford with Southend-on-Sea, replacing the older A13. Formerly classified as a tr ...

. Although it had fallen into disrepair after many years of disuse, it was returned to regular use in March 2013 by the Orthodox Church,History , ALL SAINTS Orthodox Church, Basildon, Essex
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References

External links

Basildon Heritage

Basildon Borough History - Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet

Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Parish Council

Bowers Gifford & North Benfleet Residents Association

Essex Churches - All Saints, North Benfleet
Villages in Essex Former civil parishes in Essex Borough of Basildon {{Essex-geo-stub