"Essex, a maritime county of England, bounded on the N by Cambridge
and Suffolk, on the E by the German Ocean, on the S by Kent, on the W by
Middlesex and Herts. Its boundary line along a great part of the N is the
river Stour, along all the S is the river Thames, along much of the W is
the rivers Lea and Stort. Its outline is irregularly four-sided, the longest
line along the N, the shortest along the S. Its greatest length from north-east
to south-west is about 63 miles, its breadth from N to S is 50 miles, its
circuit is about 225 miles, and its area is 987,028 acres, " from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales,
1894-5
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