Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rainham

Rainham.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta. and quay, Essex, 5 miles SE. of Barking, 3253 ac., pop. 1253; P.O., T.O.; 2 miles NE. of sta. is Rainham Lodge, seat.


(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: Rainham Parish       Essex Ancient County
Place: Rainham

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