Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dovercourt

Dovercourt, par. and ry. sta., forming S. district of Harwich, E. Essex, at mouth of estuary of river Stour, 1438 ac., 200 tidal water, and 529 foreshore, pop. 2021; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Upper D., 1 mile distant; on the shore or Inner Ridge, abreast of Dovercourt, are two axed lights (Harwich), seen 11 and 9½ miles.


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

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

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