We could not match "GRAYS THURROCK" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 15 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "GRAYS THURROCK":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Grays	Essex	Grays , ry. sta., S. Essex, 19½ miles SE. of London; P.O., T.O. See GRAYS THURROCK.	Bartholomew
  GRAYS	Essex	GRAYS , a sub-district in Orsett district, Essex; containing Grays Thurrock parish, and six other parishes. Acres, 15, 982. Pop., 6, 361. Houses	Imperial
  Grays Thurrock	Essex	Grays Thurrock , market town and par. with ry. sta. (Grays), S. Essex, on river Thames, 19½ miles SE. of London	Bartholomew
  GRAYS THURROCK, or GRAYs	Essex	GRAYS THURROCK , or GRAYs, a small town and a parish in Orsett district, Essex. The town stands on the Thames	Imperial
  Little Thurrock	Essex	Little Thurrock , 1 mile E. of Grays Thurrock, Essex; P.O. See THURROCK, LITTLE.	Bartholomew
  ORSETT	Essex	Grays, containing the parishes of Grays-Thurrock, Little Thurrock, West Thurrock, Aveley, Stifford, South Ockendon, and North Ockendon. Acres of the district	Imperial
  St Clement's Reach	Kent	St Clement's Reach , bend of the Thames, between Greenhithe and Grays Thurrock; is 1½ mile long.	Bartholomew
  Thurrock, Grays	Essex	Thurrock, Grays , Essex. See GRAYS THURROCK.	Bartholomew
  THURROCK (Little)	Essex	THURROCK (Little) , a parish in Orsett district, Essex; 1 mile E of Grays r. station. Post town, Grays, under Romford	Imperial
  Thurrock, Little (or East Thurrock)	Essex	Thurrock, Little (or East Thurrock ), par., Essex, 1 mile E. of Grays sta., which is 2 miles NW. of Tilbury	Bartholomew
  Thurrock, West	Essex	Thurrock, West , par., Essex, on river Thames, 1½ mile W. of Grays sta., 3000 ac. and 705 tidal water	Bartholomew
  THURROCK (West)	Essex	THURROCK (West) , a parish in Orsett district, Essex; on the Thames, 1¼ mile W by S of Grays r .station	Imperial
  TILBURY (East)	Essex	Grays-Thurrock. Post town, West Tilbury, under Romford. Acres, 3,237; of which 1,125 are water. Real property, £3,563. Pop., 403. Houses	Imperial
  TILBURY FORT	Essex	Grays-Thurrock. It occupies the site of an ancient chapel; seems to have originated about 1402; took the form of a blockhouse	Imperial
  West Thurrock	Essex	West Thurrock , 1½ mile W. of Grays sta., Essex; P.O. See THURROCK, WEST.	Bartholomew

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