A History of the County of Essex – XII: St Osyth to the Naze: North–East Essex …
A History of the County of EssexXII: St Osyth to the Naze: North-East Essex Coastal Parishes. Part 2: The Soken: Kirby-le-Soken, Thorpe-le-Soken And Walton-le-Soken\nAuthor(s): Christopher C. Thornton, Herbert Eiden\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Victoria County History, United Kingdom\nImprint: Victoria County History\nISBN-13: 9781904356554, 978-1904356554\nSynopsis\nThe book comprises the history of a major part of the Essex coastline in Tendring Hundred before the development of seaside resorts from the mid 19th century onwards (the resorts were covered in VCH Essex Volume XI, to which this is the second part of a companion volume).\n\nIt includes analyses of how the economy of the coastal communities from agriculture through fishing to smuggling was moulded by proximity to the sea.\nIt includes a major exploration of the history of the Soken, a significant area of special legal jurisdiction (a liberty or soke) and of administrative and social organization. The Soken was owned in .
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