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| Name | Clacton-on-Sea |
| Alt names | Clacton | source: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 269 |
| Type | Town |
| Coordinates | 51.8°N 1.15°E |
| Located in | Essex, England |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town on the Tendring peninsula, in Essex, England and was founded in 1871. It is a seaside resort that attracted many tourists in the summer months between the 1950s and 1970s, but which like many other British sea-side resorts went into decline as a holiday destination since holidays abroad became more affordable. These days it is more popular as a retirement location.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Clacton was the site of the lower Palaeolithic Clactonian industry of flint tool manufacture . Great Clacton was founded by the Celts in c.100BC . There are some vague traces of Romans using the Clacton area as a seaside resort. The name Clacton dates from c.500 AD when the area was settled by Saxons. The original name, Claccingaton, means 'the village of Clacc's people'. The Domesday Book records the village as Clachintuna.
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| 400,000 B.C.
| Clactonian tools, early flake instruments dating back to the early Interglacial stage, get their name from the area.
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| 900 B.C.
| The 'Catuvellauni' (Celts) set up a village inland, on site of Great Clacton.
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| 500 A.D.
| Saxons under their leader Clacc from whom the town gets its name set up residence, Clacc Inga Ton (the Village of Clacc's People).
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| 1000
| The "Claccingtune" a tithe introduced by the Church to contribute two seamen towards a ships crew.
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| 1056
| In the Domesday Book, it was recorded that 'Clachintuna' was part of a Manor belonging to the Bishops of London.
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| 12th century
| Midsummer Fair established on 29 June, ran for 700 years, until abolished in 1872.
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| 1539
| Abbot of St.Osyth's surrendered all Lands to his King. Henry VIII handed over the land to Thomas Cromwell
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| 1539–1545
| Henry VIII appointed himself Lord of Manors of Great and Little Clacton and Cann Hall after execution of Thomas Cromwell.
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| 1645–1832
| Smugglers Headquarters in Great Clacton, many tunnels are said to exist between St John's church and the Ship Inn as well as other places. One runs from the north side of the church towards St. John's square. Others are reputed to run from the Ship's Inn, Geddy Hall (Home of the Webb family), the Queen's head and at Eaglehurst, a house in Valley Road. The smugglers were a rough lot, sometimes taking captive the revenue men while they completed their work of loading cargo from the unguarded beach at Clacton and storing it, ready for "Gentlemen" to transport it to London. Clacton Beach was also situated between two noxious marshes: Little Holland to the east and Jaywick to the west.
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| 7 December 1830
| Luddites smashed up farm machinery on nearby farms. Sophia Crosskey, a local publican, calmed down the riot with promises of free drink and food.
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| 1911
| Archaeologist, J. Hazzledine Warren discovered a wooden spear, dating back at least 400,000 years. This is the oldest known man-made wooden artifact found on the British Isles'.
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