Southend-on-Sea and District: Historical Notes

By John William Burrows

Book Overview

Every street hides a story. Southend-on-Sea and District: Historical Notes opens a window onto the days when a quiet Essex shoreline began its transformation into a celebrated seaside resort. John William Burrows gathers an abundance of local detail into a richly textured local history reference book, tracing Southend on Sea history and the wider Southend on Sea district along the Thames estuary. From early communities and coastal trades to promenades, pleasure-seekers, railway-linked growth and rapid social change, this classic study of historic seaside Essex sets the town within the broader patterns of British regional history and English seaside town history. Burrows' historical reference volume has long been valued by family history researchers, local history students and anyone exploring Essex England local history. Its careful notices of streets, institutions and notable residents illuminate the roots of British seaside resort development and the distinctive character of this corner of Thames estuary history. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, this revived classic serves both curious general readers and serious collectors seeking a foundational work in British regional and local studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353605938
• ISBN13: 9789353605933
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"