Lower Horse of islands (five of which later re-clustered to form Canvey Island), that broke away from the English coastline in the medieval period. Lower Horse Lower Horse is a uninhabited island off the English coast, lying in the Thames Estuary between Canvey Island and Stanford-le-Hope, close to . Administratively it is part of Thurrock unitary authority; the border with its ceremonial county namely the administrative county of Essex runs between it and Canvey Island. Smaller than normal markings for an area of saltings (traditional, open air, sea salt extraction through drying) appear in the Ordnance Survey map of 1919, which confirms
Kingsbridge Estuary Kingsbridge Estuary The Kingsbridge Estuary (also, erroneously, known as the 'Salcombe Estuary') in the South Hams area of Devon, England runs from Kingsbridge in the north to its mouth at the English Channel near Salcombe and lies between Bolt Head and Sharpitor to the west and Portlemouth Down to the east. The estuary is some in length, with numerous side channels. Several of its creeks have independent names, including Blanksmill, Frogmore, Southpool, Batson and Bowcombe Creek (the most northerly portion of the estuary). It covers an area of 674ha of which 446 ha are inter-tidal. At high water the length