Northfleet, Kent

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Northfleet is a town in Kent

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Northfleet within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Northfleet in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Northfleet, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Kent, on river Thames - par. (mostly within the parl. limits of Gravesend), 3934 ac. and 392 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 8790; vil., 2 miles W. of Gravesend and 21½ miles SE. of London by rail; P.O., T.O., and P.O. at Upper North-fleet; has dock and shipbuilding yard; the picturesque gardens of Rosherville are between Northfleet and Gravesend; on India Arms Wharf is Northfleet Light-house, 53 ft. high, with fixed light 48 ft. above high water and seen 12 miles.

Northfleet in the Domesday Book

A village in Tollingtrough hundred, in the county of Kent.

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