Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Pitsea

Pitsea, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Essex - par. (including part of Canvey island), 1765 ac. (18 water), pop. 203; vil., on a creek of the Thames, 10 miles W. of Southend; the church stands on a knoll, commanding a fine view of the Thames and surrounding country.


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

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

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