Though the nearby village of Great Clacton is an ancient Saxon settlement, Clacton-on-Sea is a comparatively new town, born in 1871. Paradoxically, it is one of the oldest known sites of human habitation in Britain, as evidenced by a 400,000-year-old spearhead discovered in the cliff below Clacton Hospital, and many other archaeological finds. In his latest and most comprehensive book on Clacton, the author traces the town’s past, from prehistoric time to the present day, in a well-researched narrative, richly illustrated with maps, photographs and other pictures.
- ISBN10 1860772250
- ISBN13 9781860772252
- Publish Date 21 October 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The History Press Ltd
- Imprint Phillimore & Co Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English
- URL http://thehistorypress.co.uk/products/Clacton-Past-with-Holland-on-Sea-and-Jaywick.aspx