Administrative history The borough has its origins in the Orsett Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1835 covering a group of 18 parishes in southern Essex. Poor Law Unions subsequently formed the basis for later local government structures, with the Orsett Rural Sanitary District created in 1872 covering the same area. The parish of Grays Thurrock was made its own urban sanitary district in 1886.
Administrative history The borough has its origins in the Orsett Poor Law Union which had been created in 1835 covering a group of 18 parishes in southern Essex Poor Law Unions subsequently formed the basis for later local government structures with the Orsett Rural Sanitary District created in 1872 covering the same area The parish of Grays Thurrock was made its own urban sanitary district in 1886