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THAMES-HAVEN, a place on the S verge of Essex; on the river Thames, 3½ miles E by S of Stanford-le-Hope. A project was formed about 1850 to excavate a dock here, 1,000 feet by 800, chiefly for colliers, and to connect it by a branch railway with the London and Southend railway.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Essex Ancient County |
| Place: | Thames Haven |
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