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Prittlewell is an front yard of Southend-on-Sea in Essex. Historically, Prittlewell is a original town, Southend existence the in the south prevent of Prittlewell.

Originally the Saxon village, Prittlewell is centred on St. Mary's Church, at a connexion of its ternary highway, East Street, West Street & Victoria Avenue (which was built above Northerly Street in the late 1800s) which is the independent Southend Arterial road. Along this road lies Southend's independent administration centres, even so Prittlewell is principally the residential district.

History
Population number 1 settled per Prittle Brook in stone-age times, & stayed across to the instance of the Roman occupation when the villa was built in what is at present Priory Park. A Romans brought by having the children all the advantages of their civilisation which would have transformed a local village. Still, existence on a east prices, a village more and more fell to Saxon raids fallowing the Romans left. A Saxons settled in the 5th and 6th century and gave the village the Saxon title, Prittleuuella. Archaeological finds from this instance include the tomb containing artifacts of such quality that these are believed that it is one of a Saxon Kings of Essex who converted to Christianity. In the 7th century, a church was built on capitol hill south of the creek & spring, of which an arch remains in the presently standing church. Saxon rule continued until a Danes invaded in the 10th century. a Dane known as Sweyne acquired big areas of l& in the area and remained when you took the Saxon restoration. St. Mary's Church, Prittlewell

When a Norman invasion of 1066, Sweyne switched allegiances to William and increased his power. Under a feudal system he became Lord of the Manor.

In 1110, a Sweyne's successor, Robert Fitzsweyne, also referred to as Robert d'Essex, divided his manor in two, the part to the west being ''Earl's Hall and the rest, consisting of 30 acres (120,000 m²) of land, the church at Prittlewell, and also the chapels at Sutton and Eastwood, being given to the Cluniac Priory of St Pancras of Lewes for the purpose of setting up a Priory.

At this period a lands of the Priory, touch correct down to the seafront. Referable this, whilst the fishing settlement was set up 2 miles south of the priory in the 14th Century, it was still take to be section of Prittlewell & intrinsically was known as Stratende, Sowthende or even South-Prevent''. From either this award a modern town of Southend-in-Sea grew.

At a period of Henry VIII's disolution of a monastaries, the Priory, which experienced, by this instance, developed into the straggly complex, was closed & the lands seized per crown.

Southend was developed as a bathing resort in the 18th century and by the 19th, Prittlewell was regarded by visitors to Southend as "an attractive village in the hinterland".

Links between Prittlewell & a rest of the globe were improved within 1889 a road was built between the village crossway per church to Southend, known as Victoria Avenue, & within 1892, when the station was built on the Great Eastern Railway linking Southend and London

As well within 1892 was a foundatiin of Southend-on-Sea as a Borough, which took over responsibilty for Prittlewell from either an earliest parish council.

Modern day Prittlewell

Lot of historical Prittlewell remains standing; a ruins of a Priory remawithin seeable in Priory Park besides when a Manor built there fallowing the reformation; St. Mary's Church, containing architecture from either saxon days; the new rebuilt building, thought to develop been the village market hall, though additional recently a bakery, now an estate agent appropriately named Tudor Estates; besides as a total of public houses.

Modern day Prittlewell stretches from either a crossing per St Mary's Church to the drome on the boundary between Southend and Rochford.

the old priory & its evidence, which form Priory Park, were donated to the town of Southend by a large local helper, R.The. Jones, for utilize per residents 'inside perpituity'.

Prittlewell is likewise front yard to Southend United football club in their Roots Hall ground.