Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PIRGO, or Pyrgo

PIRGO, or Pyrgo, a place in Havering-atte-Bower parish, Essex; 3¼ miles N by E of Romford. The queens of England had anciently a palace here; and Jane, queen of Henry IV., died here.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Havering Atte Bower CP/Wrd       Essex AncC
Place names: PIRGO     |     PIRGO OR PYRGO     |     PYRGO

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