It was designed in a gothic style; using Kentish ragstone (larger blocks of Kentish ragstone were used in the construction of Coalhouse fort in 1860).
It had two class rooms which in 1900 had an average attendance of 37 children, probably derived from the local agricultural worker families from the parish.
The picture shows boys and girls in traditional school uniforms for the late Victorian and early Edwardian times.
The schoolmistress at this time was Miss Louisa Blaney, probably supported by the vicar of the time Reverend Charles Richard Nelson Burrows who lived in the vicarage next door to the church.
Rev. Burrows was well-known locally for collecting and studying butterflies and moths. To-day the church is redundant and privately owned, the School survives as does the vicarage, sadly Mucking hall burnt down a few years back. Heritage Feed back:
I was pleased to receive an e-mail from Derek Fergey of Purfleet, regarding the East Street photo in Down Memory Lane.
It read: “Regarding the shop at the corner of London Road and East Street South Stifford, my earliest memory of of the shop is during the 1940s when it was owned by Bert Chase, his wife and their son Charley.
"The shop was my mother’s local grocery shop, food then was on ration. Later on it also became the local post office.
"The original post office as I remember was owned by Mr E. North where the printers are situated at the end of the block of houses.”
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