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Coryton maps
Historic maps of Coryton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Coryton maps
Coryton photos
We have no photos of Coryton, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Fobbing| Corringham| Stanford-Le-Hope| Mucking| South Benfleet| Canvey Island| Pitsea| Cliffe| Basildon| Great Tarpots| Horndon-On-The-Hill| Benfleet| Nevendon| Cooling| Langdon Hills| Laindon| Hadleigh| Thundersley| Orsett| Crays Hill| Chadwell St Mary| Bulphan| Rayleigh| Tilbury| Lower Stoke| Gravesend
Coryton area books
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Memories of Coryton
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Essex memories
Sledging Down Fobbing Hill
I lived in Corringham Hill Terrace 1942 -1950. As an 8 year old I remember sliding down the hill in the snow from the White Lion. I think there was a small pond at the bottom, which used to freeze over in winter. I have a photo of 11 of us boys in our cricket team, myself, my cousin Alan and Bernard Slee are the only ones I can remember. I moved to New Zealand in 1950. Are any of those boys still around?
1955 to 1972
I grew up in one of the bungalows at the foot of One Tree Hill and often spent weekends and school holidays with the Keeper's children, Peter and Jonathon Scott. One Tree Hill was a fascinating place to spend our weekends and school holidays. I remember the sand pit and an old spa. There was also a wartime pillbox/gun emplacement placed centrally on the hillside.
My father worked at Cawdor Hall farm at the foot of the hill so I also spent time with the farm children, and if we weren't building straw camps from the bales we were fooling around in the barns. At Guy Fawkes we always had a bonfire which the children mostly built. We used to make a guy using old clothes and straw each year, with the Springfield Cafe being a tremendous source of firework money from "penny for the Guy" sessions.
Photography was a serious hobby of mine and I have several photos from the 1960's and 1970's. I lived there from... Read more
The Old Conker Tree
This photo is taken from outside my grandparents house, Church Cottage, Church Road. This old tree caused some stress to my granddad as every year children would come and throw sticks to bring down the best conkers. I left in 1972 aged 14 to go to New Zealand. But this tree brings back great memories. My Great Aunt lived across the road another of your photos. We lived at 13 Fobbing Road. I may be on the other side of the world but this page has brought so many memories.
Lampits Hill
I was born June 1953 in the white bungalow just to the right of the woman in the photo. It was called "Meadway" and my parents moved there in 1950 when there was just fields opposite where the houses can be seen.
My sister still lives on the plot of land in the house built in 1975 to replace the old bungalow.
Lampits Hill
Even after all the years, it still looks basically the same here!
The Bull
I recall being taken here for my first real drink aged 13 by my uncle. I had to sit outside of course. It soon became my local and I drank there up until the mid 70s.
The Corringham Bull
The Corringham Bull brings back memories for me too. I remember very well the legendary publican Charlie Abbott, better known as 'short change Charlie'. I left Corringham in 1963 but I sometimes return for a visit and have a pint in the Bull but it never seems quite the same as it was, but I suppose that's the way it is, nothing stays the same.
