Wallasea Island
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wallasea Island
Historical Forms
- Walfliet t.Hy3 BM
- Wal(e)flet(e) 1229 FF 1230 Cl
- Walflete creek 1401 Pat
- a place called Walflete 1578 Rental
- Walset 1309 Extent
- island of Walet alias Walfletys 1534 FF
- Wallet or rather and more trulie Walfleet Ilande 1594 N
- Wallot Isle 1678 Ogilby
Etymology
v. weall , fleot . Wall , from the sea-walls. This was originally the name of the estuary of the Roach and Crouch (supra 10, 6).Cf. fletum voc. Walflete (in Dagenham or Rainham) 1299WalthamC . The island is not a parish but is divided among the parishes of Canewdon, Eastwood, Paglesham, Great Stambridge and Little Wakering. v. also Wallet supra 16.