Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirby le Soken

Kirby le Soken, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Kirby Cross), Essex, in NE. of co., 2 miles W. of Walton on the Naze and 7 miles SW. of Harwich, 3859 ac. and 902 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 828; P.O., called Kirby, and P.O. at sta., called Kirby Cross.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirby le Soken AP/CP       Essex AncC
Place names: KIRBY     |     KIRBY LE SOKEN
Place: Kirby le Soken

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.