Lower Horse of islands (five of which later re-clustered to form Canvey Island), that broke away from the English coastline in the medieval period. Lower Horse Lower Horse is a uninhabited island off the English coast, lying in the Thames Estuary between Canvey Island and Stanford-le-Hope, close to . Administratively it is part of Thurrock unitary authority; the border with its ceremonial county namely the administrative county of Essex runs between it and Canvey Island. Smaller than normal markings for an area of saltings (traditional, open air, sea salt extraction through drying) appear in the Ordnance Survey map of 1919, which confirms
Canvey Island Council by 17 councillors elected from six wards: Canvey Island Central, East, North, South, West and Winter Gardens. 16 of the 17 councillors belong to the Canvey Island Independent Party (CIIP) formed in 2003 by ex-Labour deputy Council leader and local resident Dave Blackwell. The remaining councillor is Conservative. The Canvey Island town council was formed in 2007 after a petition spearheaded by islander Albert Payne, with the signatures of 3,000 islanders, was accepted by the government. , the council has 11 councillors, 10 of whom are Canvey Island Independent members, and functions with Councillor surgeries and through four committees