[2] The place-name Fobbing is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Phobinge.

A riot ensued in which the villagers attempted to kill Bampton, who managed to escape to London.

By this time the violent discontent had spread, and the counties of Essex and Kent were in full revolt.

In 1981 a metal sculpture by B R Coode-Adams was erected as a memorial to the Peasants' Revolt at Fobbing to commemorate the 600th anniversary .

On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished to form Thurrock; part also went to Lee Chapel.