Mersea Island

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Mersea Iceland is located in the English county of Essex, in the outlets of the rivers Blackwater and Colne, 14 kilometers south of Colchester. It is the most easterly inhabited island in the UK. The name ' Mersea ' comes from Old English ( " meresig " means " pond island ").

There are two municipalities with about 6,500 inhabitants on the only eighteen -square-mile island. The small town of West Mersea with a museum and the village of East Mersea with the Cudmore Grove ( Grove ) Country Park, the most interesting part of the island. The nature reserves Fringringhoe Wick and Cudmore Grove offer the opportunity to experience the flora and fauna of the island. In the Colne Estuary salt marsh is created since 1988 with some success.

Mersea Iceland is connected to the mainland since the Roman period by a dam, which interrupts the Strood Channel. Crossing the dam the road "The Strood " which flooded at Hochtide B1025 runs to Colchester.

On Mersea Iceland prehistoric bones of monkeys, bears, elephants and hippos have been found. Oldest evidence of human habitation of the island, in addition to flint tools the Roman finds (lead tone and glass vessels ) in Mersea Grave Mound a Ziegelgrabbau. The Priory of West Mersea, is a foundation of Edward the Confessor, abbot of the Abbey of St. Ouen at Rouen in France ( probably from 1046 ). It is one of the oldest monastic foundations in Essex.

The main acquisition on Mersea results from the agriculture and fisheries, including oyster farming. The small shipyards have specialized in the maintenance of recreational boats, and the West Mersea Yacht Club is a major destination of sailing in the East of England.