Gabbards, Essex
Historical Description
Gabbards, Inner and Outer, two shoals in the North Sea, off the coast of Essex and Suffolk. Inner Gabbards liesabout 20 miles E of Harwich, is 5½ miles long from N to S, and has from 2 to 6 fathoms of water. Outer Gabbards lies 4 miles further east, is 3½ miles long, and has 2½ fathoms of water. Both Are marked by buoys.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Essex is available to browse.
The Essex pages from the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 is online.