Tithe Map Entries - Confirmed: 16 September 1840
	Property not subject to Tithe: Wigborough Wick - 227acres, 3 roods, 4 poles. Occupier: Wilson Blyth
	1851: This is one of the oldest places in the shire, formerly called Chich, but taking its present name from St Osyth, daughter of King Redwald and Queen of Siger, King of the East Saxons, who built a nunnery here, of which she was the first abbess, and where she was martyred by the Danes. On the site of this nunnery Richard de Belmeis, bishop of London, founded a priory for the cannons of St Augustine, the revenues of which, at the dissolution, were valued at £758 5s 8d yearly. Considerable portions of the building remain which are worthy of observation. It is now the residence of William Frederick Nassau, Esq, who is Lord of the Manor. The parish is on a creek of the Colne, opposite to Brightlingsea in the Union and Hundred of Tendring. It contains 8,430 acres and a population of 1,677 in 1841. The assessment, in 1844, was £1,101 to the poor rate and to the Property Tax, in 1843, £12,178 5s 2d. Wigboro Wick is a hamlet on a creek 2 miles south. Traders include: Frederick Edmund Blyth - Wine and Spirit Merchant; William Wilson Blyth - Farmer; William C. Simpson - Farmer.
	1881: Park Farm, Clacton Road - William Wilson Blyth, his wife, Mary, and their son, Wilson. William farmed 601 acres, employed 10 men and 7 boys.
	Sources: 1818 = Excursions through Essex 1818. 1851 = 1851 Post Office Directory for Essex. 1867 = 1867 Post Office Directory for Essex.
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