Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Canvey Island

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Canvey Island, par., encircled by river Thames, S. Essex, 4½ miles SW. of Rayleigh, 4383 ac. (156 water), and 4867 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 282.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Canvey Island CP       Essex AncC
Place: Canvey Island

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