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Author:
Ian Yearsley
ISBN: 0 86025 492 5 |
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Essex is home to the most easterly
inhabited island in England and to some of the most important
natural landscapes in Europe. Canvey made national headlines
during the 1953 flood disaster; Foulness and island nearby
are secret lands where MoD interests restrict access; the
continental ferry service from Parkeston is built on a former
island; Mersea is a popular resort; the islands in the Walton
backwaters had a thriving commercial life – but these
are just the most obvious.
Elsewhere, Essex islands have been
animal breeding and temperance experiments, a great battle
against the invading Danes and the naming of a racehorse after
an island; a number of museums, nature reserves, oyster pits,
to name but a few. From Upper and Lower Horse and Pitsea Hall
Island, via Canvey, Two Tree, Havengore, Wallasea, Bridgemarsh,
Osea, Northey, and Cindery Islands to the Walton Backwaters
and Ray Island and including every other speck on the map
surrounded by water.
160 pages, 53 photographs, 6 maps
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