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Edward the Confessor granted the island to the abbey of St. Ouen in Rouen, France, in 1046, and the Priory of West Mersea was established. West Mersea was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086, at which time it had a population of 84 households. [4] In 1963, the lifeboat station was established next to the West Mersea Yacht Club, one of the ...
This list of museums in Essex, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...
Mudflats by West Mersea Harbour. The island lies 9 miles (14 km) south of Colchester and 26 miles (42 km) east of the county town, Chelmsford.It is the most easterly inhabited and publicly accessible island in the United Kingdom [a] [4] and is one of 43 (unbridged) tidal islands which can be accessed on foot or by road from the British mainland. [5]
The City of Colchester is a local government district with city status in Essex, England, named after its main settlement, Colchester.It is, with 194,394 people according to Office of National Statistics estimate for mid 2022, the most populous district in Essex and also includes the towns of West Mersea and Wivenhoe and the surrounding rural areas stretching from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk ...
Ray Island, also known as the Ray, is a 40.5-hectare (100-acre) nature reserve west of Mersea Island in Essex. The site is a sandy hill rising out of an area of saltmarsh between Strood Channel and Ray Channel. The island is owned by the National Trust, who bought it in 1970. [1]
The Blackwater Estuary is the estuary of the River Blackwater between Maldon and West Mersea in Essex. It is a 5,538 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] An area of 4,395 hectares is also designated a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and a Special Protection Area [ 5 ] [ 6 ] 1,099 ...
Underwater archaeologists dug under 20 feet of sand and rock off the coast of Sicily and found a 2,500-year-old shipwreck. Researchers date the find to either the fifth or sixth century B.C.
Camulodunum (/ ˌ k æ m (j) ʊ l oʊ ˈ dj uː n ə m / KAM-(y)uu-loh-DEW-nəm; [1] Latin: CAMVLODVNVM), the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester in Essex, was an important [2] [3] castrum and city in Roman Britain, and the first capital of the province.