Essex Seaside Resort Project
Essex County Council, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5284/1012485. How to cite using this DOI
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Paul
Gilman
Heritage Information & Records
Essex County Council
County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1012485
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Introduction
The Seaside Heritage Project (funded by Essex County Council, English Heritage, Tendring District Council, Colchester Borough Council and Southend Unitary Authority) is a series of reports whose purpose is to examine, explore and explain the growth and consolidation of Essex coastal resorts and to outline recommendations for the future conservation of its distinct character zones and many historic buildings and structures of significance.
Each report includes a historical narrative and a character assessment of the historic urban area. The Project seeks to identify the various factors which led to the growth of the resorts and explores what makes each resort different in character and potential. In addition to an overall analysis of the 'life cycle' of each resort, the Project characterises the spatial urban growth and presents the findings via a series of chronologically based GIS generated maps. Fieldwork determines what survives today within each urban character defined and a Gazetteer of significant structures is presented. The results of this Project will form the basis of a synthetic report presenting a comparative regional overview of the seaside heritage of Essex.
