Parish Perspectives

This panel highlights some key features of the 14 parishes within Rochford District that hadn't been covered in previous panels. There are so many things that could have been chosen, so "don't shoot the messenger" as we asked for input from all parishes. These are the main items shown on this panel: 

• Ashingdon – school
• Barling Magna – blacksmith forge cottage
• Canewdon – the Lock-up & Stocks, WWII pill box
• Foulness Island – MoD guns & 1953 floods
• Great Wakering – community centre (formerly the school)
• Hawkwell – Sweynes (Swaines) Farm (16th century, known by Benton as Porters)
• Hockley – the Bull Pub and a white hart nearby
• Hullbridge – Anchor Cottages
• Paglesham – Plough & Sail at East End, Old Post Office at Church End
• Rawreth – Granary and Drying Kiln (on Rawreth side at Battlesbridge)
• Rayleigh – windmill and Dutch Cottage
• Rochford – the Old House and the hospital chimney, plus the RDC logo to mark the local government reorganisation in 1974
• Stambridge – Stambridge Mill
• Sutton – Sutton Hall Cottages

Other items have been included in the frieze, such as phone box, pillar box, finger post, Lesney matchbox bus, drinking trough, pump, cannon, firestation. We have also added the Coronavirus symbol that caused the lockdown in 2020 and the rainbow that was used to demonstrate people's thanks to the frontline workers and also hope for the future.