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Excerpt from The History of Rochford Hundred, Vol. 2: From Former Authors, Ancient Manuscripts and Church Registers, Treating Upon Various Subjects, Including Notices of Churches and Chapels, the Clergy, Biography and Genealogy of Families, Traditions, Superstition, Agriculture, Tithe Apportionments, and Var Esham, Padesham, Pakelesham and Pagglesham. The principal part of the parish forms a peninsula, having for its northern boundary a creek, called Paglesham creek, dividing it from Wallasey Island, (into which some of the land extends) and upon the south abutting upon the river broom-hill, a tributary of the Roach. There are great varieties of soil, the best land is principal] to be found across the centre, from West to East, w ilst the grass marshes, of which the major portion is on the South, are adapted for sheep grazing or pasturing young cattle. A small portion of West-hall has for some years been devoted to the growth of ho s, but their further culture has been abandoned. His is the only instance of the attempt to grow them in this district. Some have repu ted this neighbourhood aguish and unhealthy, but we now submit to such cavillers the following nut to crack. We are here told of two inhabitants who lived in adioinindg houses at the East End for many years. James ust, commonly called Father Cust, who rarely went to bed sober, lived to the age of 94, and the other, Mr. James Wiseman, who was temperate and vol. 11. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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