'The World's End', Tilbury
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'The World's End', Tilbury
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 17 Sep 2011
This pub stands on the Essex shore of the river, downstream from the jetty used by the Tilbury-Gravesend ferry. The building is timber-framed, and is said to have been the ferry house in days before it became a pub. It claims a connection with Samuel Pepys, and the management have adorned the interior with quotations from Pepys' diary. Whether Pepys ever set foot in this building isn't clear, but there is absolutely no doubt that he was well acquainted with this stretch of the river. It often figures in his diary, particularly in the summer of 1667 when the Dutch blockaded the Thames, captured Sheerness, and raided the Medway - making off with the British flagship 'Royal Charles'.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.452251
Longitude
0.370417