Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOLE-HAVEN, or HOLY-HAVEN

HOLE-HAVEN, or HOLY-HAVEN, a creek on the S coast of Essex; entering from the Thames, 1½ mile E of Thames-Haven; and ascending 4¼ miles north-northwestward, past the W end of Canvey Island to the neighbourhood of Pitsea. Supplies of lobsters, from Norway and Scotland, are deposited here for conveyance up the Thames.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a creek"   (ADL Feature Type: "channels")
Administrative units: Essex AncC
Place names: HOLE HAVEN     |     HOLE HAVEN OR HOLY HAVEN     |     HOLY HAVEN

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