Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Purfleet

Purfleet, vil. with ry. sta. and small harbour, West Thurrock par., Essex, 7 miles NW. of Tilbury sta. and 13 miles E. of London; P.O., T.O.; Government powder magazines are here.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: West Thurrock AP/CP       Essex AncC
Place: Purfleet

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