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MINERAL WATERS AND MEDICINAL SPRINGS OF ESSEX.
1842.—[GRANVILLE, A. B., Richard. PHILLIPS, and Anothtr.]—A
Brief Account of Hockley Spa, near Southend, Essex ; with an Analysis of the
Water by Richard Phillips, F.R.S.L., and E. London : Published by Richard
Groombridge, Panyer Alley, and Henry Guy, Chelmsford. MDCCCXLII.
31 + [2] pp.. demy octavo, with lithographed frontispiece, showing "The
Pump Room" (then being built). A shilling pamphlet, in a green paper
cover. The preface is dated "June 1842."
The body of the work consists of a reprint (pp. 5-16) of Dr. Granville's
account of the Spa (from his Spas, ii., pp. 605-614) ; information (pp. 16-22)
about Hockley, its vicinity, and its history, by an anonymous writer; (pp. 23-31)
Phillips's report on his analysis of the water (doubtless reprinted from his
pamphlet); and (pp. 31-[33]) Testimonials from doctors.
1889.—DALTON, W. H., F.G.S.—A List of Works referring to British
Mineral and Thermal Waters. . . . Printed by Spottiswoode and Co.,
New Street Square, London, 1889.
47 pp., demy octavo. Reprinted from the Report of the Brit. Assoc. for the
Adv. of Sci., Bath Meeting, 1888, pp. 859-897 (1889).
A very complete and valuable piece of bibliographical work, enumerating no
fewer than 740 titles.
It will be seen from the foregoing that the literature relating
to our Essex Mineral Springs is considerable, if not voluminous.
There are several important general treatises on the Mineral
Wells of Britain which devote a considerable amount of space
to those of this county—namely, the works of Allen (1699 and
1711), Rutty (1757), Monro (1770), Granville (1842), and
Dalton (1889).
There is one work which treats comprehensively of nearly
all our Essex springs—namely, that of Trinder (1783).
Of treatises devoted to the description of some particular
Essex spring, there are three (or, counting the various editions,
seven)—namely, Taverner on Witham Spa (1737), Andree on
Tilbury Well (1737, 1740, 1764, 1779, and 1781), and Phillips
on Hockley Spa (1841).
In addition to the foregoing works, there are scattered items
of information to be gleaned from the works of the various
county historians and topographers—especially Cox (1720),
Morant (1768), the "Gentleman" (1769-72), Ogborne (1814-17),
and Benton (1875).
III.—PARTICULARS AS TO EACH ESSEX
MINERAL SPRING.
At the outset, we may refer to the fact that the parish now
known as North Ockendon appears to have been known
originally as Wokyndon Septemfontium, or Setfontayna, or