Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Burnham

Burnham, par. and seaport, NE. Essex, on river Crouch, 10 miles SE. of Maldon, 4526 ac., 826 tidal water, and 318 foreshore, pop. 2130; P.O., T.O.; has oyster fishing, boat-building, and sail-makin.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and seaport"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Burnham CP/AP       Essex AncC
Place: Burnham on Crouch

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