Map specialists? I need some help understanding a couple lines in a letter from 1887.
" He did not send or come to me, which would only have been a few yards out of his way, as I am told he is living at Grays near to Tilbury Docks. That is a short distance from Gravesend"
Today these 2 places are across the Thames river from each other! That's not really a few yards. Was there a bridge? Why would he consider that distance a few yards?
Thank you