Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness, vil. with ry. sta., South Shoebury par., Essex, 3 m. SE. of Southend and 45 E. of London; P.O., T.O.; has extensive artillery barracks at Shoebury Fort, and is a station for artillery practice; a large brickfield gives employment to numbers of the inhabitants.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: South Shoebury CP/AP       Essex AncC
Place: Shoeburyness

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