Vange, Essex, England

In 1862 Vange is described as 'Vange or Fange, is a village which was in existence as early as the reign of King Edward the Confessor, and it stands on a creek of the Thames, in Billericay union, Barnstable hundred, Brentwood police division and county court district, Rochester diocese, Essex archdeaconry, Barnstable deanery, South Essex, and on the high road from Grays and Tilbury to Southend. It is 10 miles north-west of Grays, 9 north-west of Tilbury, 7 south of Billericay, 16 East of Romford, 11 south-east of Brentwood station, and 1 from Pitsea station. The area of the parish is 1,700 acres and the population in 1861 was 160. The church of All Saints is small, with nave, chancel and 1 bell. The living is a rectory, annual value £310, with residence, in the gift of Major Spitty, and held by the Rev. Edward Sendall, B.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. There is a school for boys and girls, erected by Sir Charles Smith.' (The 'Post Office Directory, Essex 1862')