HOLY-HAVEN
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales...., by John Marius Wilson. circa 1866
HOLE-HAVEN, or HOLY-HAVEN, a creek on the S coast of Essex; entering from the Thames, 1½ mile E of Thames-Haven; and ascending 4½ miles north-north-westward, past the W end of Canvey Island to the neighbourhood of Pitsea. Supplies of lobsters, from Norway and Scotland, are deposited here for conveyance up the Thames.
Transcribed by Noel Clark