Stifford
Stifford is an area and former civil parish in the town of Grays in Thurrock, Essex, England.The original parish church (St Mary the Virgin) is located within North Stifford.Palin was followed in 1980 by The Stifford Saga by Doreen Dean and Pamela Studd and in 2012 The Idyll in the Middyl by Cliff and Jan Cowin.The North Stifford Village sign was unveiled on 1 July 2011[9] South Stifford is a small residential area in the town of Grays which separates the town centre from West Thurrock and Lakeside Shopping Centre.[10] It serves as a residential hub for the people who work at the local factories and surrounding retail areas,[10] however it has recently been overshadowed by the huge housing estate of Chafford Hundred.