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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horsey Island like this:
HORSEY ISLAND, an island in Kirby-le-Soken parish, Essex; in a ramified bay near the Naze, 5½ miles SSW of Harwich. It is 2 miles long, and 1½ broad; communicates by a ford with the mainland; and consists of grazing marsh.
Horsey Island is now part of TENDRING District. Click here for graphs and data of how TENDRING has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Horsey Island itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horsey Island, in Tendring and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24614
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Horsey Island".
