A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PURFLEET, a hamlet in West Thurrock parish, Kent; on the river Thames, at the mouth of Marditch rivulet, and on the London and Southend railway, 8 miles E S E of Barking. It belonged once to the Knights of St. John; was then called Portflete or Pourteflete; ispopularly fabled to have got its name from an exclamation of Queen Elizabeth, " Oh my poor fleet!" on seeingher fleet depart from its vicinity to encounter the Spanish armada; is overlooked by Beacon hill, commanding a fine view; had formerly a ferry over the Thames; has now a post-office under Romford, a railway station, abridge over the Marditch, a small harbour, a hotel, pleasure-gardens and government powder magazines, with store-houses, barracks, and a good quay; and ranks as a chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of West Thurrock. Pop., 440.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
| Place: | Purfleet |
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