Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Essex

  • These detailed maps normally cover an area of about one and a half miles by one mile. Each map includes an introduction.
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  • Here are the details of maps for Purfleet:

  • Essex Sheet 94.04 Purfleet 1915 - published 2022; intro by Tony Kirby. ISBN 978-1-78721-515-3

    This detailed map covers Purfleet, then a garrison village, where major features are Purfleet Barracks and Purfleet Camp. Also shown are the railway with Purfleet station, Purfleet Rifle Range station, Purfleet House, Botany, Royal Hotel, Military Hospital, rifle ranges, chalk quarries and industrial tramways.

    Tony Kirby provides an excellent history of the area, discussing its earlier days as a resort, and then how Purfleet Camp was established within weeks of the outbreak of World War 1.

    The map links up with sheets 94.08 Purfleet Wharf to the south.


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