Fobbing
Sign in to saveFobbing is a village in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It is between Basildon and Corringham, and is also close to Stanford-le-Hope, the latter being its post town. At the 2021 census the Fobbing built up area had a population of 913.
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- Instance of
- parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Thurrock
- Body of water
- River Thames
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Fobbing is a village in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It is between Basildon and Corringham, and is also close to Stanford-le-Hope, the latter being its post town. At the 2021 census the Fobbing built up area had a population of 913.
Fobbing was an ancient parish. It was abolished as a civil parish in 1936 on the creation of Thurrock Urban District, which in turn became the modern borough of Thurrock in 1974. Fobbing remains an ecclesiastical parish in the Church of England.