A History of the County of Essex

XI: Clacton, Walton and Frinton: North-East Essex Seaside Resorts
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-904356-39-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 403 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 204 mm x 308 mm, Gewicht: 1860 g

Reihe: Victoria County History

An important contribution to the social, cultural and economic history of seaside resorts.

From the 1820s the Essex seaside towns of Walton, and later Clacton and Frinton, were promoted as high-class residential and holiday resorts. After a slow start, hampered by poor communications and low demand, growth was stimulated by steam-ship companies which landed visitors on newly built piers in Walton and Clacton and by the railways that reached Walton in 1867, Clacton in 1882 and Frinton in 1888. The contemporary emphasis upon the health advantagesof the seaside also led to the establishment of many convalescent homes. However, working-class excursionists newly attracted to Clacton, and to a lesser extent Walton, then irrevocably changed the social tone of the resorts.
By the 1920s and 1930s Clacton was a commercialized holiday destination and the funfair-style facilities of its pier rivalled those of any other resort. Nearby Jaywick was established as a cheap and cheerful chalet development. While Walton remained popular with families, Frinton continued as a "select" resort, with building development and commerce strictly controlled. The town remains famous for its wide unspoilt greensward facing the sea and its resistance to any threats to its exclusive character.
Camping, caravanning and holiday camps replaced the traditional seaside holiday after 1945, but from the later 1960s the increase in overseas holidays led to a steep decline ofthe seaside resorts. The economy has, however, since diversified with large dormitory-style housing developments, light industry and new shopping centres, and the coast becoming increasingly popular for retirement homes.
Thisvolume presents an authoritative account of the growth and development of these towns on the so-called "Sunshine Coast".

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thornton, Christopher C

Weitere Mitwirkende

Eiden, Herbert

Senter, Andrew

Thornton, Christopher

Bettley, James

Boyden, P B

Rusiecki, Paul

Durgan, Shirley

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: the North-East Essex Seaside Resorts - Christopher Thornton
Walton-on-the-Naze to 1914 - P B Boyden and Andrew Senter
Clacton-on-Sea to 1914 - Christopher Thornton
Frinton-on-Sea to 1914 - P B Boyden and Shirley Durgan
The Resorts in the First World War - Paul Rusiecki
The Resorts Between the Wars - Herbert Eiden
The Resorts in the Second World War - Christopher Thornton
The Resorts 1945 to c.1970 - Herbert Eiden
The Resorts 1970 to c.2009 - Paul Rusiecki
Institutions - Andrew Senter
Built Environment - James Bettley
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Thornton, Christopher C
Dr Christopher Thornton joined the Victoria County History of Essex in 1992. He became county editor since 2003 and has contributed to, or edited, five VCH Essex volumes (IX, X, XI, XII (part 1), XII (part 2)). His personal research interests focus on medieval economic history and landscape history. A Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, he is also Chairman of the Friends of Historic Essex and a Vice-President of the Essex Society for Archaeology and History.