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| | Orsett Poor Law Union and Workhouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 21 in number, representing its 18 constituent parishes as listed below (figures in brackets indicate numbers of Guardians if more than one): |
 | | County of Essex: Aveley, Bulphan, Chadwell St Mary's, Corringham, Fobbing, Horndon-on-the-Hill, Langdon Hills, Mucking, North Ockendon, South Ockendon, Orsett (3), Stanford-le-Hope, Stifford, Grays Thurrock (2), Little Thurrock, West Thurrock, East Tilbury, West Tilbury. |
 | | The population falling within the Union at the 1831 census had been 8,609 with parishes ranging in size from Chadwell St Mary's (population 130) to Orsett itself (1,274). |
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