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Walton le Soken in Essex County England History and GeographyWALTON le SOKEN, a parish in the hundred of TENDRING, county of ESSEX, 13½ miles (S.E. by E.) from Manningtree, containing 293 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, consolidated with those of Kirby le Soken and Thorpe le Soken, in the jurisdiction of the peculiar court of the Sokens, and subject to the visitation of the Bishop of London, the wills and records being deposited at the residence of the lord of the manor, at Harwich; it is rated in the king's books at £9. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was erected and consecrated by Bishop Porteus, about twenty-five years ago, the ancient structure having, a few years previously, been entirely swept away, as well as the churchyard and every house but one of the old village. The parish, which is bounded on three sides by the sea, forms a noted promontory, called the Naze, from the Saxon term, signifying a nose of land. Embedded in the clay, which composes the basis of the cliffs, are found, among various alluvial remains, some curious fossils, the tusks of elephants, with the horns, bones, and teeth of other huge animals, which have been usually discovered after the ebbing of very strong tides. The shore abounds with pyrites, chiefly of wood, of which immense quantities have been here manufactured into green copperas, or sulphate of iron; but the works having gone to decay, the pyrites are at present merely collected and sent to other places, to undergo the like process. Nodules of argillaceous clay, which continually fall from the cliffs and harden into stone, are gathered up and conveyed to London and Harwich, for making Roman cement. The beach is a delightful promenade, and affords superior facilities for bathing, the ebb tides leaving a firm smooth sand several miles in extent; which advantages have, of late years, occasioned a number of invalids, principally from the eastern parts of the county, to resort hither for the benefit of cold and warm sea-bathing, for whose accommodation convenient machines and baths are in constant readiness and many commodious lodging - houses have been erected. Adjoining the old hall is a square tower, built by the corporation of the Trinity House, as a mark to guide ships passing, or entering, the port of Harwich; and on other parts of the coast are two Martello towers, also a signal station. The district comprising these three parishes received the distinguishing appellation 'le Soken' from some peculiar privileges formerly granted to certain refugees from the Netherlands, who established themselves here and introduced various manufactures, particularly that of cloth. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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