Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea, par. and seaport with ry. sta., NE. Essex, on estuary of river Colne, 8 miles SE. of Colchester, 2869 ac. abd 678 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 3311; P.O., T.O. The inhabitants are for the most part engaged in the oyster fisheries.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and seaport with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Brightlingsea AP/CP       Essex AncC
Place: Brightlingsea

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