Stifford Clays

Stifford Clays, historically also known as Flethall and Clay's Hall, is a housing estate and ward in the Stifford area of Grays in Thurrock, Essex, England. It is situated on a 660 acre site north of central Grays and borders North Stifford and Chafford Hundred to the west, Blackshots to the east and Belhus and Orsett to the north. It had a population of 6,755 in the 2021 census.

There is evidence of human settlement or occupation in what is now Stifford Clays during the Iron Age and Roman, Saxon and Medieval periods. The earliest records of Stifford Clays date to the 15th century, when it was a manorial estate held by Maurice Bruyn, who later passed it to John Clay, who gave it its name. Historically home to a farmstead, the land was developed into a housing estate by Thurrock Urban District Council in the 1950s and 1960s.