England's Historic Seascapes: Southwold to Clacton

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Clacton Area

Clacton

Clacton is the largest town in this area and is renowned for being a holiday destination, particularly for Londoners. It is separated from Jaywick by the golf course. Its attractions include the pier, seafront gardens, amusements, watersports and annual air show. In recent years it has seen a decline as foreign holidays become more popular.

Clacton is a very significant early Palaeolithic site (see link). In addition a number of artefacts and features dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age have been found at Clacton, in association with the 'Lyonesse Surface' (see link). These include Neolithic pottery and flintwork.

Clacton appeared in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Clachintuna at which time it was populated by 45 tenant farmers and 50 smallholders (http://www.clactontour.co.uk/) as part of a larger territory owned by the Bishop of London. The area continued to be farmed until the mid 19th century. In the early 19th century the area was fortified with Martello Towers (see link). In 1830 the agricultural workers in the area rioted for several days against the introduction of machinery.

The land known as Sea Side House Farm was bought in 1864 by railway entrepreneur Peter Bruff and Clacton had gone from a small fishing village to a popular seaside resort by the1880s.




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