Lower Horse
Lower Horse is a 31.1-acre (12.6 ha) uninhabited island off the English coast, lying in the Thames Estuary between Canvey Island and Stanford-le-Hope, close to grid reference TQ760828.
Ownership and size[edit]
It is part of Thurrock unitary authority; an internal border of its historical and ceremonial county Essex, namely of the administrative county of Essex is between it and Canvey Island.
Within, smaller than normal marks for a patch of saltings (traditional, open air, sea salt extraction through drying) feature in the leading map of 1919, which confirms the island's acreage.[1]
Geography[edit]
Consisting of permanent marshland with six small internal creeks draining to the north; Lower Horse is part of the group of islands (five of which later re-clustered to form Canvey Island), that broke away from the English coastline in the medieval period.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ OS six-inch map of 1898 Ordnance Survey Essex Sheet n LXXXIX.12 revised 1919, published 1922.
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