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| | South Shoebury (Shoeburyness) - White's Directory 1848 |
 | | SHOEBURY (SOUTH) is a small village and parish, on Shoebury Ness, which juts to a point in the ocean at the mouth of the Thames, 6 miles South East of Rochford, and 44 miles East of London. |
 | | Shoebury, under the name of Scabivig, or Scobrih, is first mentioned in 894, when Alfred the Great being engaged with the Danish invaders in the west of England, two troops of those barbarians landed here, and built a fort or castle. |
 | | It is observed, that not only large traces of Danish works yet remain, but many urns have been found near the village, showing that the Romans had some sort of a settlement here. |
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