Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Long Reach

Long Reach, a reach of the river Thames, above Gravesend, between the Dartford and West Thurrock marshes; is 3 miles long, and has a measured nautical mile for testing the speed of steamers.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a reach of the river Thames"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Kent Ancient County

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