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Purfleet features in Bram Stoker's novel Draculain which the famous vampire buys a house called 'Carfax' and lives in Purfleet. In the 1880s and 1890s the Royal Hotel, by the Thames, was known as Wingrove's Hotel and was allegedly visited by Edward VII when Prince of Wales.
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In the 18th century, Purfleet was the location for the storage of gunpowder together with a garrison to protect it. There was a constant danger of explosion as a result of lightning strikes. Benjamin Franklin was asked for advice on the design of a lightning conductor. When King George III heard what his political opponent had to say, he chose an alternative design. Magazine number 5 is now the Purfleet Garrison Heritage and Military Centre.

Nearby is West Tilbury was the site chosen for the Camp Royal in 1588 to prepare for the threatened Spanish invasion. Queen Elizabeth I visited the army at the site and gave her famous speech. "I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman: but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England too






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