A Study of the Strood by W.E. Duane. Chapter 9. Page 55.
1924 the Strood was declared a main road and the maintenance was transferred from Lexden and Winstree Rural District Council to Essex County Council. Sometime during 1931 the Strood was raised. The Essex Review of January 1932 record "The County Council Scheme for the heightening of the ancient causeway upon the Roman Road, which connects Mersea with the mainland is now complete. The piles and slabs of reinforced concrete were made in Bocking."

By 1948 extensive repairs to the Strood were required, and the County Council expended £7,485 for this purpose.

Date: 1965