Clacton-on-Sea

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Clacton -on-Sea is a town in south-east England to the east of Essex. Within the Essex Tendring Peninsula forming a separate district, the largest city and county seat is the Clacton lying directly on the North Sea coast. Clacton -on-Sea was founded in 1871 as a beach resort and attracts many visitors every summer.

History

The area has been inhabited since the earliest times. In 1911, more than 300,000 year old flint artefacts were found here by Sir Samuel Hazzledean Warren. The flint tools, large format Flint reductions were typical of southern England and northern France, areas that were not yet separated by the English Channel. The corresponding Paleolithic culture stage of the Mindel - crack - interglacial carries Clacton -on-Sea the name Clactonian. In the Iron Age was on the territory of today's Clacton a larger settlement. From the Roman period there are few finds. The present name of the town derives from the Anglo-Saxons who named the place around 500 AD after Clacc, one of their leaders. In the Domesday Book of 1085 the village emerges as Clachintuna.

Clacton has long been a small rural community, whose center was the St. John 's Church. Clacton was temporarily as a smuggler 's nest, but probably wrong. Influential was the agricultural sector, while the first place had a windmill, from 1867 also has a steam-powered mill. The old church lives on today in the village of Great Clacton on. South of these slightly inland community located directly on the coast in 1871 on the initiative of Peter Bruff, today's resort Clacton -on-Sea. By land, the city was at first rather difficult to achieve and most of the guests arrived by boat. Later, Clacton -on-Sea was a rail connection to Colchester and in the 1920s the London Road was built, with the connection has been improved on the road.

Demographics

The city has since its inception a significant population trend: whereas in 1901 only 7,456 people lived here, and now there are already 45 065 ( 2006), 1991, there more than 53,000.

Attractions

The city has a pier, arcades, a golf course and an airfield. Here a two-day Air Show held in the summer, attend the Military Aircraft of the Second World War.

In Clacton are two major theaters, the West Cliff Theatre and the Princes Theatre.

Personalities

  • Paul Banks (born 1978 ), singer of the band Interpol was born in Clacton
  • Stephen D. Nash (born 1954 ), animal artist, was born in Clacton
  • Vivian Woodward (1879-1954), football player, grew up in the city
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