78-780: Colne Community School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Brightlingsea , Essex , England . The school is an inclusive, comprehensive provider that achieved academy status in 2011 and founded the Thrive Partnership along with the Philip Morant School and College . In 2018 the Thrive Partnership was dissolved and the Colne joined the Sigma Trust in 2018. Colne Community School's AstroTurf pitch
156-421: A Bell Inn on the quay since the 14th century. The three pubs cluster around The Barbican which was built in the late 14th century. It consists of 2 round towers, with chequered work of stone and flints. A narrow road passes between the towers with a semi-circular timber barrel roof over it. A small 2-storeyed 20th-century house built on to north side of the north west tower was occupied by the toll collector for
234-647: A charter to the monks of Christ Church, Canterbury , to operate a ferry across the river and collect tolls. In 1192, returning from the Third Crusade , Richard the Lionheart was jailed by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI . Henry released Richard in February 1194. On 13 March 1194, Richard landed at the port of Sandwich and came back to England. In 1216, Prince Louis of France landed at Sandwich in support of
312-526: A community based station. The town is served by the local newspapers, Brightlingsea Info, Colchester Gazette and Essex County Standard . Brightlingsea Sailing Club runs a competitive sailing programme and has produced many champions at international and Olympic level. Colne Yacht Club is one of the oldest established clubs on the East Coast, with its origins stretching back to the 1870s. Brightlingsea Regent Football Club plays its matches at North Road in
390-445: A drug used for treatment of HIV and the horse wormer Strongid P were developed here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer announced that the entire research and development facility at Sandwich would be closed within 18–24 months, with a loss of 2,400 jobs, though it later announced up to 650 jobs would stay. The University of Kent was considering use of the campus style site. The UK Government intervened to establish an 'Enterprise Zone' on
468-566: A lighthouse as part of a failed plan to expand the port. The tower is sited on Westmarsh point at the entrance to Brightlingsea Creek on the River Colne , and is often mistaken for a Martello Tower . During The Second World War the original roof of the folly was removed so that the tower could be used as an observation post by the Royal Observer Corps . In 2005, a restoration project funded by The Heritage Lottery Fund took place to restore
546-507: A new river bank was created and the land ploughed for arable farming, with heavy use of fertiliser . There is also a 15 acres (6 ha) Local Nature Reserve known as Gazen Salts. Sandwich lies at the southern end of Pegwell Bay , which includes a large nature reserve, known for its migrating waders and wildfowl , with a complete series of seashore habitats including extensive mudflats and salt marsh . The local economy has benefited from significant investment by Pfizer UK ,
624-486: A number of monuments dating from the 13th to the 19th centuries. Most notable is a band of 211 square memorial tiles dating from 1872 to 1973; each tile records a Brightlingsea person who has died at sea. A marine chart dated 1590 gives Brightlingsea Church as a navigation mark. It is a Grade I listed building . Bateman's tower was built in 1883 by John Bateman which he used as a folly for his daughter to recuperate from consumption ; however it may have been intended as
702-611: A plaque and is a listed building. In 1912 Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944) built The Salutation in Queen Anne style . The gardens were laid out by Gertrude Jekyll . In World War I , Sandwich was important as a transit location for troops heading to Ypres . In 1980 Jean Barker became, in the full recitation of her life peerage, Baroness Trumpington, of Sandwich in the County of Kent. In 2014 an original copy of Magna Carta , issued in 1300,
780-461: A town of its size, with only one road linking the town with the outside. During the North Sea Flood of 1953 Brightlingsea was cut off from the outside, though the town itself was not as severely affected as some neighbouring communities. In 2007, one of twenty reserve schemes of Sustrans 's Connect2 scheme was a new swing bridge over Alresford Creek. This could give an alternative crossing over
858-708: A vintage Car Show. The festival usually lasts for eight days. Sandwich has two paid-for newspapers, the Deal and Sandwich Express (published by Kent Regional News and Media) and the East Kent Mercury (published by the KM Group ). Free newspapers for the town include the Dover Extra , part of the KM Group; and yoursandwich , part of KOS Media . The local radio station for Sandwich is KMFM Shepway and White Cliffs Country , although
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#1733106848431936-507: Is St. Clement , which has a tower dating from the latter half of the 12th century; the rest of the church is from the 12th and 14th centuries. St Mary's Church also has Norman features and was built on the site of a convent founded by Domne Eafe , cousin to King Ecgberht of Kent . Sandwich has two world-class golf courses, Royal St George's which hosts The Open Championship approximately every 10 years, and Prince's which hosted The Open Championship in 1932, and
1014-452: Is a coastal town and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex , England. It is situated between Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea , at the mouth of the River Colne , on Brightlingsea Creek. At the 2011 Census , it had a population of 8,076. The town is an active though small port. Its traditional industries included fishery (with a renowned oyster fishery ) and shipbuilding. With
1092-441: Is a more likely cause of the cessation. The ancient parish church of Brightlingsea stands on a hill at the northern edge of the town. The earliest surviving parts of the building, the chancel , the north and south chapels, and the eastern end of the nave and aisles , date from the 13th century. Further additions were made in the 15th century including the four-storey tower, which was completed around 1490. The church contains
1170-406: Is currently an Open Championship Final Qualifying course. The Open Championship returned to Sandwich in 2011 and in 2021. Within the immediate area of Sandwich there are four schools: Sandwich Infants (for children aged 4 to 8), Sandwich Juniors (8 to 11), Sir Roger Manwood's School (11 to 18) and Sandwich Technology School (11 to 18). The town's connection with the food item of the same name
1248-526: Is home to nature reserves and two world-class golf courses, Royal St George's and Prince's . The town is also home to many educational and cultural events. Sandwich also gave its name to the food by way of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich , and the word sandwich is now found in several languages. The place-name 'Sandwich' is first attested in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , where it appears as Sondwic in 851 and Sandwic in 993. In
1326-450: Is that John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich , who lived in the 18th century, allegedly invented it. As the story goes, he was an avid gambler, and since he often did not have time to sit for a meal due to his gambling habits, he would order his valet to bring him meat tucked between two pieces of bread. Because Montagu was the Earl of Sandwich, others began to order "the same as Sandwich!" However,
1404-609: The Domesday Book of 1086 it appears as Sandwice . The suffix -wich comes from the Anglo Saxon -wīc , meaning a dwelling or fortified place where trade takes place. The name means "market town on sandy soil". Before Sandwich became a Cinque Port , the ancient Saxon town of Stonar on the bank of the Wantsum estuary (on the opposite side of the mouth of the River Stour ),
1482-611: The A256 road , which connects Thanet to Dover . It is reached from Canterbury by the A257, which joins the A256 at Sandwich. Stagecoach in East Kent operate local buses to other major towns in East Kent. The main routes from Sandwich are 43 to Canterbury, 45 to Ramsgate, 80 & 81 to Deal/Dover and 43 to Discovery Park St Bartholomew's Chapel was restored and enlarged by Sir George Gilbert Scott in
1560-559: The Charter Rolls in 1253. The name means ‘Brihtric’s island’ or ‘Beorhtric’s island’. (Cf. Eilert Ekwall , ‘The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names’, p.65.) In the Domesday Book of 1086, the population of Brightlingsea was given as 24 villagers, 26 smallholders and 5 slaves. The Lord of the manor had been King Harold Godwinson , but the title had passed to King William I . The medieval town grew up around two centres:
1638-510: The First Barons' War against King John . The Battle of Sandwich occurred just off the coast in 1217. By 1295, Sandwich was a borough within the Lathe of St. Augustine . The Fisher Gate on the quay dates from 1384, and has been scheduled as an Ancient Monument . It is the only one of the original mediaeval town gates to survive. It is a Grade I listed building. The nearby Barbican dates from
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#17331068484311716-550: The Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency . It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Sandwich is twinned with: There is Monk's Wall nature reserve and a bird observatory at Sandwich Bay , which provides a home for wild duck and other wildlife in a wetland habitat . The reserve was opened by celebrity bird-watcher Bill Oddie in May 2000. Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust proposed
1794-712: The Isthmian League . Brightlingsea Cricket Club. Cricket club playing in the Two Counties Cricket League and the North Essex Cricket League, with a thriving junior kwik cricket and colts section. All home games played at Bayard Recreation Ground The Brightlingsea Rugby Club, play their home games at Strangers Corner. Sandwich, Kent Sandwich is a town and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent , south-east England . It lies on
1872-594: The River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports and still has many original medieval buildings, including several listed public houses and gates in the old town walls, churches, almshouses and the White Mill . While once a major port, it is now 2 miles (3 km) from the sea due to the disappearance of the Wantsum Channel . Its historic centre has been preserved. Sandwich Bay
1950-559: The Royal Arms of England (1198–1340), Gules three lions passant guardant Or langued and armed Azure , and the Arms of the Cinque Ports, Azure three ships Or . The title Earl of Sandwich was created in 1660 for the prominent naval commander Admiral Sir Edward Montagu (1625–72). In 1759, Thomas Paine (1737–1809) had his home and shop in a house at 20 New Street. The house is now marked with
2028-451: The "Stranger's Church" in 1564 when the plague came to the town, in an effort to halt the spread of the disease. The 1661 tower collapse was repaired by the Flemish community, and the distinctive tower reflects their work. The Huguenot refugees also brought over Flemish architectural techniques, that are now as much a part of Kent as the thatched cottage. One can still see the difference between
2106-503: The 14th century and stands at the end of the bridge over the River Stour where it was used as a toll house . On 28 August 1457, the French took advantage of political instability in England by sending a raiding party to Kent, burning much of Sandwich to the ground. A force of around 4,000 men from Honfleur , under the command of Pierre de Brézé , Marshal of France , came ashore to pillage
2184-463: The 1990s with an attempt to use the port again for a controversial cargo. Dubbed the " Battle of Brightlingsea " it comprised a series of protests against the live export of animals from the town for slaughter in mainland Europe. Many people believed that the conditions in which the animals were exported were cruel and inhumane. The protest began on 16 January 1995 and ended on 25 October 1995 . During this nine-month period, over 150 convoys passed through
2262-432: The 19th century. Nearby were two religious almshouses : St Bart's Hospital dates back to around 1190, and St Thomas's Hospital was built in the 14th century and named in honour of St Thomas Becket . The Church of St Peter includes some evidence of early Norman work, but was rebuilt in the early 13th century. In 1661 the top of the central tower collapsed, destroying the south aisle. The Anglican parish church
2340-611: The British subsidiary of the multinational pharmaceuticals company Pfizer , which built a research and development centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 people. Laboratory experiments at the site aroused negative comment by animal rights activists. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer announced it would move the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan . Several important drugs including Viagra , Pfizer's treatment for erectile dysfunction , Maraviroc ,
2418-456: The Cinque Ports acquired limbs or subsidiary ports that would ease the burden of their wartime obligations and share the benefits of their privileges. Brightlingsea became a limb of the head port of Sandwich , and is the only community outside Kent and Sussex that has any connection with the Confederation of the Cinque Ports. Although these days it is a purely ceremonial affair, every year at
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2496-504: The Colne for almost 30 years. (J Leather: The Northseamen: Brightlingsea Museum Collection: census data: Essex County Standard) On 8 August 1903 tragedy struck the area when 8 crew of the SY Lorena plus one local man lost their lives, drowning whilst rowing a tiny stolen owing boat back to the yacht at 11pm after an evening of heavy drinking. All are buried in the Hillside graveyard. The yacht
2574-573: The English (lower section) and Flemish (upper section) of the tower. In addition techniques of silk manufacture were imported, enhancing the Kent cloth industry. The coat of arms of Sandwich is blazoned Per pale Gules and Azure three demi-Lions passant guardant in pale Or conjoined with as many sterns of demi-Ships Argent ; see photo. It is one of the earliest heraldic examples of dimidiation , an early method of combining two different coats of arms: in this case
2652-726: The Millwall was also known as the Town Mill. It was burnt down. Another mill of unknown type is known to have stood on the Millwall. A sixth windmill stood to the north west of Sandwich, and west of the railway. It formed a group of three with the Black Mill and its neighbour. Sandwich Guildhall Museum houses original copies of the Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest from 1300. Other exhibits explore
2730-573: The River Crouch . During the 1803-1804 invasion scare, a naval gun brig and small gunboat were based in Brightlingsea Creek. Between 1804–1808 Warren's Shipyard built 11 gun brigs for the Navy, and in 1809 the first East Coast Martello Tower was completed on The Stone opposite Brightlingsea at Point Clear which now hosts East Essex Aviation Museum. Brightlingsea was one of the first places outside
2808-661: The Royal Navy's Coastal Forces . Between 1942 and 1944 areas of Brightlingsea Creek and Point Clear formed a large landing craft training area . Local shipyards concurrently built small craft for the Royal Navy and RAF, and thousands of pontoons for the British Army . On 9 January 1941 at 23:00 a single German bomber dropped a single large bomb that missed Aldous Successors' shipyards by some 50 meters only to destroy four terraced houses and damage eight more in Tower Street . No one
2886-533: The Swin Anchorage . The anchorage was periodically used by a squadron of battleships, including HMS Dreadnought , and served as the launchpad for the raid on Zeebrugge and Ostend in 1918 . Brightingsea also provided an army engineer training facility from 1916 to 1919 when it hosted the training of all ANZAC field engineers sent to the Western Front . Brightlingsea naval base played a significant role in
2964-532: The arts, the first sandwich is more likely to have been consumed at his desk, a practice perpetuated in offices ever since. The town of Sandwich has an annual festival period towards the end of August when a number of events are staged. During Sandwich festivals of the past there have been European markets, motorcycle meets, an illuminated boat parade or dressed ship parade on The Quay, a street Barn Dance, various concerts (both classical and modern pop/rock), Simultaneous Chess Tournament with Grand Master John Emms and
3042-515: The bridge. The Sandwich Toll Bridge was built in 1773 of Portland stone with a Dutch type timber raised platform which was replaced in 1892 with an iron swing bridge. Sandwich has had at least eight windmills over the centuries, the earliest reference to a mill being dated 1608. Two windmills were marked by Hasted at the New Cut on the Stour estuary . They were most likely pumping mills associated with
3120-420: The decline of these industries, the town is largely a dormitory town for Colchester. Brightlingsea is a limb of Sandwich , one of the Cinque Ports . The town retains an active ceremonial connection with the Cinque Ports, electing a Deputy from a guild of Freemen . Brightlingsea was for many years twinned with French oyster fishery port Marennes, Charente-Maritime , but the relationship fell into disuse. In
3198-458: The design and a management plan, including modifications to ditches and control of water levels to create ecological conditions that attract wetland species of plants, animals and birds. Historically the land was reclaimed from the river and sea by the monks of Sandwich, and the northern boundary is still the old Monks' wall of the 13th century. In the 1953 floods the sea covered the whole area around Sandwich and after these fields were drained
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3276-625: The early sea war of the Second World War when it was the home port for a small group of experimental magnetic minesweepers and a mine recovery party . Following the Dunkirk evacuation , the base was commissioned as flagship HMS Nemo and its functions were expanded to include coastal patrolling duties, air-sea rescue, and a Combined Operations boat base, which for a time hosted Commando units . From 1941, local shipyards equipped and repaired motor torpedo boats, motor gunboats, and motor launches for
3354-416: The exact circumstances of the invention are still the subject of debate. A rumour in a contemporary travel book called Tour to London by Pierre Jean Grosley (although not confirmed) formed the popular myth that bread and meat sustained Lord Sandwich at the gambling table. An alternative suggestion by Sandwich's biographer, N. A. M. Rodger , is that due to Sandwich's commitments to the navy, to politics and
3432-550: The first around the parish church and the second close to the shore where a port had developed. Trade was in oysters, fish, and copperas – a green pigment of iron (II) sulphate used locally in brick production. The Cinque Ports were a confederation of the five most important ports on the coast of the English Channel . They had obligations to provide ships and men to fight for the king in times of war for which they were compensated by lucrative exemptions from taxation. All of
3510-454: The four shipwrecked crew killed and ate the sickest member, the seventeen-year-old cabin boy named Richard Parker. The subsequent trial, R. v. Dudley and Stephens , established the common law principle that necessity is not a valid defence against a charge of murder. By the 1790s Brightlingsea was a busy fishing port, with oyster beds along the Creek and many smacks, each of about 20-30 tons . By
3588-557: The history of Sandwich and include Roman relics, famous figures and a wide variety of medieval and modern artefacts. Admission is free and visitors can view the Guildhall Tudor courtroom. The museum was fully refurbished in 2017. Sandwich Guildhall Archives adjoins the museum and holds material related to the history of Sandwich. This includes maps and plans, photographs, burial information, postcards, newspapers, books, personal collections as well as research relating to Sandwich up to
3666-558: The largest and most expensive local services such as education , social services , libraries , main roads, public transport , policing and fire services , trading standards , waste disposal and strategic planning. It is also part of a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , and at the general election in 2024 became part of
3744-456: The local industry to go into sharp decline. No more oysters were bred after 1963, and by the 1980s there were only 4 fishing boats based in the Creek. Between 1860 and 1939 Brightlingsea was the winter laying-up and repair station for many large steam yachts owned by the wealthy . In addition many local men skippered famous racing sailing yachts, such as Captains Wringe, French, and Sycamore . The wealthy owners dealt with Aldous's Shipyard, which
3822-493: The local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also
3900-569: The major towns to have a chapel for the doctrines of the Swedish religious mystic Emmanuel Swedenborg. Its New Church community dates from 1808 . Its first chapel was built in 1814 in what is now New Street and is now a private house. Its second dates from the 1860s and is in Queen Street. Several local oyster merchants and shopkeepers were early members of the New Church, but the most unusual among them
3978-415: The mid-1990s, the port of Brightlingsea was used for the export of live animals for slaughter, leading to a protest campaign dubbed The Battle of Brightlingsea . Brightlingsea sits on a promontory surrounded by the River Colne and its associated marshes and creeks (it was an island until the 16th century), and was settled from an early date. In 1995, an Early Neolithic pot, dated 4000 to 3100 BC,
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#17331068484314056-601: The mid-19th century it had more advertised oyster merchants than anywhere else in England. Their boats went as far as Northern Holland and the Channel Islands . Many Brightlingsea fishermen were drowned, especially on the Dutch coast, their names are recorded in the frieze of tiles inside All Saints' Church . 100 fishing vessels were registered at Brightlingsea in 1914, and 54 in 1939 . A combination of wars, changing dietary tastes, shellfish health scares, and easier employment caused
4134-641: The minesweeping drifter Jeannie Leask in the Aldous yard . Local war heroes included the Merchant Navy officer Leslie Frost and the fighter pilot Roy Whitehead, who both lost their lives. In 1984 Brightlingsea Wharf was used to import coal during the Miners' Strike , and up to a dozen ships could be seen out in the river waiting to unload at Wivenhoe . Kent miners came to picket and some were detained by Essex Police. Brightlingsea port came to national prominence again in
4212-466: The nearby town of Wivenhoe into the town centre of Brightlingsea. The service fell victim to the Beeching cuts in the 1960s and was eventually axed in 1964 supposedly prompted by the high maintenance costs of the swing bridge over Alresford Creek, which was necessary to allow boat traffic to the many sand and gravel pits in the area. Subsequently, the swing bridge was removed and today (December 2020) only
4290-706: The parish church on the first Monday after Saint Andrew's Day , known as Choosing Day , the Freemen of Brightlingsea gather to elect the Deputy of Brightlingsea who is the representative of the Mayor of Sandwich in the Liberty. During the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France Brightlingsea was a base for the men and boats of the Essex Sea Fencibles (1798-1810), though in 1809 they disgraced themselves by pirating oysters from
4368-502: The present day. Access is open to the public by appointment. There is a nearby village to the south called Ham . A fingerpost three miles from Sandwich in the hamlet of West Street points towards both Ham and Sandwich, thus reading " Ham Sandwich ". The town is served by Sandwich railway station . It was formerly also served by Sandwich Road railway station on the East Kent Light Railway . Sandwich has been bypassed by
4446-419: The responsibility of the council. The town falls within the non-metropolitan district of Dover . The district council is responsible for local planning and building control , local roads, council housing , environmental health , markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling , cemeteries and crematoria , leisure services, parks, and tourism . Kent County Council is responsible for running
4524-425: The saltworks there in the late eighteenth century. The White Mill is the only survivor. It was built in 1760 and worked by wind until 1929, then by engine until 1957. Today it has been restored and is a heritage and folk museum. The Black Mill was a smock mill which burnt down c. 1910 . There was also a post mill which stood near the Black Mill, and was worked in conjunction with it. A smock mill on
4602-402: The site, which is now run as a business park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone . Sandwich Guildhall , in the town square, was built in 1579. It is a Grade II* listed building. The courtroom is still used regularly for civic functions, such as 'Mayor-making', and available to hire as a wedding venue. The Admiral Owen is a pub in a two-storey, 15th century timber-framed building . It
4680-465: The stone supports survive. Brightlingsea railway station was located on the southern side of Lower Park Road where the town's community centre now sits. It stayed in place for four years after the railway's closure until it was destroyed by fire in 1968. Being almost totally surrounded by the Colne Estuary, Brightlingsea Creek & salt marsh , Brightlingsea's road links are unusually limited for
4758-471: The tower to its original condition, including the fitting of a replica of the original roof, refurbishing the interior of the tower and also painting the outside. The tower is now used by the Colne Yacht Club to administer races. Bateman's Tower is leaning slightly; it is said that its foundations were laid on bundles of faggots . It is a Grade II listed building . Brightlingsea open-air swimming pool
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#17331068484314836-440: The town and 250,000 animals were exported; of these, 24 died, 28 were destroyed by the M.A.F.F., and 38 could not be exported. 598 people were arrested by the police, of whom 421 were local residents. The campaigners' claimed victory as live exports ceased, although a looming ban on the export of British beef connected to the outbreak of Mad Cow disease (BSE) in Great Britain and the related drop in demand for British beef products
4914-528: The town has good coverage of KMFM Thanet . Sandwich is also covered by community radio service DCR 104.9FM Dover Community Radio who cover Dover District broadcasting on 104.9FM since May 2022 and online since 30 July 2011, after being founded as a podcasting service in 2010. In May 2020 it was announced by OFCOM that Dover Community Radio have been awarded a community radio licence and they started broadcasting on 104.9FM FM in May 2022 to Dover, Deal and Sandwich and White Cliffs Country. Thanet’s Academy FM,
4992-409: The town's biggest employers, with a total workforce of about 800 in World War 2 . The Aldous site now houses boat-hire and other businesses, while James & Stone has been turned into flats and boat marina . During the Great War , the Royal Navy maintained a naval base in the town (HMS Wallaroo, later HMS City of Perth), from where it installed, guarded, and maintained the booms and nets protecting
5070-467: The town, in the process murdering the mayor, John Drury. It thereafter became an established tradition, which survives to this day, that the Mayor of Sandwich wears a black robe in mourning. Sandwich was a key town in the early history of the Huguenots in Kent . The town gained significantly from the skills brought to the town by many Flemish settlers, who were granted the right to settle by letters patent from Elizabeth I , dated 6 July 1561. Sandwich
5148-448: The waters around Brightlingsea but by December 2020 no further plans or funding were apparent, whilst Alresford Creek is mooring for fifty pleasure yachts. Brightlingsea is home to the Colne Community School , a secondary school which serves an extended catchment area which includes Wivenhoe , Alresford , Great Bentley , Thorrington as well as Brightlingsea itself. Ex-principal Terry Creissen, who now resides in Qatar with his family,
5226-460: Was already well established. It remained a place of considerable importance but it disappeared almost without trace in the 14th century. The ruins of the major Roman fort of Richborough are close by. It was the landing place of the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43. In 2008, an archaeological dig proved that this was a defensive site of a Roman beachhead, protecting 700 metres of the coast. In 1028 King Canute ( c. 995 –1035) granted
5304-410: Was also the largest builder of fishing smacks on the East Coast and did important work for all 3 armed forces in both world wars . The wealthy patrons included Lipton of the Americas Cup, authors W W Jacobs and Arnold Bennett, the musician Sullivan's heir and nephew Herbert Sullivan, and most famously the eccentric, reclusive but generous American millionaire Bayard Brown, whose yacht Valfreya lay in
5382-440: Was built in 1933 and is one of the few remaining lidos (open-air swimming pools built mainly in the art-deco period) still in use in the UK. Brightlingsea Lido was originally a single saltwater pool but was converted into two, a 50m swimmers pool and a shallower baby pool c1970's. It is a non-heated freshwater facility. The Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea railway opened in 1866 and was a branch line that operated rail services from
5460-442: Was found in a D-shaped enclosure with a ditch on a farm near Brightlingsea. Other early remains in the area date from the Bronze Age , Roman and Saxon periods. The place-name ‘Brightlingsea’ is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ‘Brictriceseia’. It appears as ‘Brichtricheseye’ in the Red Book of the Exchequer in 1212, as ‘Brihtlenggesseya’ in the Pipe Rolls in 1230, and as ‘Brychtlingeseye’ in
5538-568: Was found together with a copy of the Charter of the Forest . It was only the second time in history that the two documents have been found together. They are now displayed alongside other historical artefacts in the Sandwich Guildhall Museum . The town and parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. It comprises sixteen town councillors. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with
5616-640: Was honoured (whilst still in the position of headmaster at the Colne) with an OBE . The next Principal of the Colne Community School , Nardeep Sharma, was also awarded an OBE in 2016. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East and ITV Anglia . Television signals are received from the Sudbury TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Essex , Heart East , Greatest Hits Radio East (formerly Dream 100 ), Actual Radio , and Colne Radio,
5694-409: Was killed but two people were seriously injured with a further twelve suffering slight injuries. A party from HMS Nemo, led by Lt.Ashton, helped rescue victims from the rubble. An elderly lady later died due to "bomb shock" after being removed from the rubble. After the war, numbers 87-105 Tower Street were rebuilt. On 22 March 1941 a raid by Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter-bombers killed two men working on
5772-529: Was officially opened by The Princess Anne on 25 February 2003. The Astroturf has since been resurfaced in 2023. The campus also contains Brightlingsea Sports Centre which is used by members of the public and students. This includes tennis, basketball, squash and netball courts. As well as containing a dance area strictly for use by the students of the Colne Community School. Brightlingsea Brightlingsea ( / ˈ b r aɪ t l ɪ ŋ s i / )
5850-553: Was owned my the American millionaire Amzi L. Barber . The Shipyards In 1934 the shut-down Aldous Shipyard, next to the Hard, was reopened by the Wild family, as Aldous Successors Ltd, and built, repaired and laid up numerous craft, both civilian and military, until closure in 1962 . The smaller James and Stone yards merged into a single concern in 1942 and closed in 1989 . The yards were by far
5928-569: Was refronted in the 18th century, but this work preserved the overhang of its first floor on a bressummer and massive corner post with three brackets. The nearby Crispin Inn was originally called the Crispin and Crispianus. It has similar timber framing and was built in the 16th century. Across the road on the quay is the Bell Hotel, which underwent major rebuilding in the 18th and 19th centuries. There has been
6006-562: Was the former naval lieutenant George Beazeley, an illegitimate son of the Russian ambassador. He lived with his first wife, the daughter of the church's joint founder, Dr. Moses Fletcher, in Anchor Cottage also in Queen Street. In 1867 the yacht Mignonette was built by Aldous Successors in Brightlingsea. The Mignonette foundered on its way to Australia in 1884. In desperation, three of
6084-621: Was the only town in England that housed more so-called "strangers" than native Englishmen in the 16th century. Historian Marcel Backhouse estimated there were at least 2,400 Flemish and 500 Walloon exiles living in Sandwich at the time. These settlers brought with them techniques of market gardening, and were responsible for growing the first English celery , which was already - and still is - very popular in Flanders. Elizabeth I granted 25 Flemish families permission to live in Sandwich, and St Peter became
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