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Purfleet

PURFLEET, a chapelry, in the parish of West Thurrock, union of Orsett, hundred of Chafford, S. division of Essex, 16½ miles (E. by S.) from London; containing 704 inhabitants. This place lies at the mouth of a rivulet which empties itself into the Thames, and a small harbour has been made. The village is pleasantly situated on rising ground, commanding a fine view of the adjacent country, which is thickly studded with handsome seats, villas, and farmhouses, and enriched with large tracts of woodland and thriving plantations. Here are extensive lime-works and chalk-pits; also considerable bomb-proof magazines for gunpowder, belonging to government.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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