A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Greenhithe, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Swanscombe and Stone-near-Dartford pars., W. Kent -- dist., pop. 1870; vil., on river Thames, 2½ miles NE. of Dartford; P.O., T.O.; has a small pier, and carries on limemaking from its chalk quarries. From Greenhithe the fatal expedition of Franklin and Crozier in the Erebus and Terror sailed, June 19,1845.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "ecclesiastical district and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kent AncC |
| Place: | Greenhithe |
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