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The SS postcode area, also known as the Southend on Sea postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts around Basildon, Benfleet, Canvey Island, Hockley, Leigh-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Stanford-le-Hope, Westcliff-on-Sea and Wickford in England. ...
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Canvey Island (area 18.45 km²; pop. 45,000) is an island in the River Thames estuary off the coast of Essex, England. It is also the name of the town on that island, though this is sometimes shortened to Canvey. This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ...
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Early history
The name Canvey is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means "Cana's island", meaning that the modern name is a compound of two languages, meaning literally "Cana's island island". It was first recorded in manorial records of 1255 as Caneveye. The island is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but sheep grazing marshland lying to the south of the county is mentioned extensively. Old English (also called Anglo-Penis[1], Englisc by its speakers) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...
Generic plan of a mediaeval manor; open-field strip farming, some enclosures, triennial crop rotation, demesne and manse, common woodland, pasturage and meadow Manorialism or Seigneurialism is the organization of rural economy and society in medieval western and parts of central Europe, characterised by the vesting of legal and economic...
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Geology Geologically, Canvey Island was originally part of the mainland, then the coastline broke up into smaller pieces, and the modern island is made up of five of those pieces. There are historical maps held at the Essex Record Office that show where the five separate islands originally lay and it is thought that these are the marshes referred to in earlier records. Sheep farming was a mainstay industry of the island until very recently. This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...
Because of the geological history of the island subsidence was a common problem and sea defences have been built to protect the island from the Thames since the 14th century. In the early 17th century Dutch builders were employed to reclaim land from the Thames and to strengthen the sea defences. Because of this a strong Dutch community formed in Canvey Island, evidence of which can still be found in local street names, place names and architecture. This island is also home to the Canvey Island Monster. A road destroyed by subsidence and shear. ...
This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ...
(16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
The discovery of the Canvey Island monster remains one of cryptozoologys most bizarre unsolved mysteries. ...
Flooding In 1791, 1881 and 1897 the whole island was almost completely submerged due to extensive flooding of the River Thames. More modern sea defences have now been installed, and are maintained regularly. However, in 1953 the great North Sea flood hit the island and caused the deaths of 58 people. Many of the people that died were in the East of the Island at the Newlands part of the Island. These people were in the Holiday Bungalows and the water had risen to ceiling level. Those who were unable to get out onto the roof would have drowned. There was one area of the Island that was kept above water, the Village part of the Island is partly above sea level (about two feet) and there was a small dry area here. The pub there was renamed the King Canute (formerly called the Red Cow) 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
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1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
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Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The North Sea flood of 1953 and the associated storm combined to create a major natural disaster which affected the coastlines of the Netherlands and England on the night of 31 January 1953 – 1 February 1953. ...
Canute (or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Danish Knud den Store) (994/995 - November 12, 1035) was king of England, Denmark and Norway and governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania. ...
Former lighthouse The coast of Canvey was host to the Chapman Lighthouse famously described in Joseph Conrad's novel 'Heart of Darkness'. It is believed that the peril of the mudflats below such shallow waters off the Canvey coast prompted the Romans to devise some form of beacon as a warning in the area. In 1851 a hexagonal lighthouse was constructed by the engineer James Walker, a consultant lighthouse engineer at Trinity House at the time. This all-iron lighthouse replaced a lightship which had been moored in the area for the preceding four years. The lighthouse was demolished in 1957 due to its poor condition. // Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Nałęcz-Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born novelist who spent most of his adult life in Britain. ...
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Travel to the Island Travelling on and off the Island is becoming more difficult as it is more densely populated than ever, there are only two roads on/off and at peak times it can take up to 45 minutes to get through the traffic coming from Sadlers farm and Benfleet station (High road). It has been promised for many many years that a new road is to be developed but plans are always panned by residents having to meet the tail end of the traffic Corringham and Leigh on sea, although with the Thames gateway project it is looking more promising but it is still a long way off.
The nearest railway station is Benfleet on the c2c line between London (Fenchurch Street) and Shoeburyness. The station is mainly used by commuters in the weekday travellng London however it is used by many other people travelling to Southend, Basildon and Lakeside for shopping and also for meeting up with people. One of the busiest 2 days on the line is the Southend airshow days where it is used by thousands more passengers than usual for a bank holiday weekend. alo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 ...
For other uses, see C2C. c2c is a train operating company that provides train services, on a franchise basis, on the London, Tilbury & Southend line from Fenchurch Street in the City of London to East London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area including Basildon, Chafford Hundred...
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, Shoeburyness is a town in southeast Essex, England, situated at the mouth of the river Thames. ...
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Basildon (IPA, ) is a New Town located in south Essex, England at . It was designated as a New Town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill. ...
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During the Second World War the island was a part of the GHQ Line, a line of concrete pillboxes constructed as a part of the defence against the expected German invasion. Some of the old pillboxes are still in place today. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
A pillbox on the GHQ Line The GHQ Line was a defence line built in the United Kingdom during World War II to contain an expected German invasion. ...
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There are two bus companies that operate services onto Canvey Island. These two companies are First Essex and Regal Busways. First Essex is the main bus operator and operates 8 services onto Canvey, these services are: 3, 16, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 822. These all run through the town centre and connect all of the different parts of the Island to the town centre. From Canvey, passengers can travel to places such as Southend, Basildon, Bournes Green and Benfleet. Regal Busways is a new operator on the Island and started services in May 2006 and operate the No.1 service to Chelmsford. The service operates via Benfleet, South Benfleet, Battlesbridge, Howe Green and Sandon. Regal Busways use Optare Tempo vehicles that have luxury leather seats and state of the art public information systems. First Group-owned First Essex is one of many operators of London Buses. ...
Regal Busways Ltd is a small bus operator established in 2001 and based in Essex. ...
Southend is the name of a number of locations: Southend-on-Sea is the name of a town in Essex, UK Southend, Kintyre is the name of a village in Kintyre, Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the...
Basildon (IPA, ) is a New Town located in south Essex, England at . It was designated as a New Town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill. ...
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Regal Busways Ltd is a small bus operator established in 2001 and based in Essex. ...
The Optare Tempo is a full-size single deck bus manufactured by Optare and was launched in late-2004. ...
Canvey Island is located off junction 30 of the M25 motorway. From here visitors should take the main road A13 to Sadlers Farm roundabout from here people should join the A130 Canvey Way and this will take them onto the Island (eventually!).
Living on the Island Other settlements on the island apart from the main town include Newlands and Leigh Beck. These used to be considered separate towns when there were fewer people on the island, however now this is not the case as everywhere on the island is reachable in 10 minutes or so by car and a little longer by bus. Canvey Island is quite an urban area with a high population density, but it has kept its local charm and the whole place is still quite green with three parks and a number of green spaces especially towards the Eastern and less built up end of the Island. The western end of the Island is more built up and industrial with the gas and oil terminals, yet is still home to an amazing diversity of wildlife, notably some rare bumblebee species that are declining in many other parts of the country. Canvey Wick was the first major brownfield site to be designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in February 2005 for its rare and threatened invertebrates. A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ...
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Sadly with an overpopulation and crowded housing comes crime, in recent years there has a been an increase in youth gang culture which in summer 2004 resulted in a curfew being put on all children under the age of 16 to return home no later than 21:00. Many adults find in difficult and intimidating to venture out of their homes past dark for fear of verbal and/or physical abuse. It has been reported that Tesco home delivery have had several attacks to their staff and vans especially on the Lawrence homes and Sixty acres estate.
Binge drinking seems to be the most popular past time of Islanders with so many pubs to choose from acompanied with a general low sense of achievement and an insular society Canvey really has not much going for it. The councillors on Canvey have the Island sewn up politically so that outsiders are often bad mouthed and some potential candidates have been subject to abuse in the sky from an aeroplane from a local business man (pathetic!!). Canvey Island is old fashioned, small minded, dirty, underdeveloped, over populated and is becoming a big retirement estate especially following the news that one of the main senior schools is to close in the next five years, and the expansion of Kings retirement park means it is haven for the over 50's and Londoners looking for somewhere to make a quick buck from the rising house prices in London.
Schools Castle View School is a comprehensive school for ages 11-16 located in the north of Canvey Island, overlooking Hadleigh Downs. As of 2006 it has some 900 pupils, and 200 staff. It is a specialist Science college. A Comprehensive school is a type of school providing secondary level education in England or Wales. ...
Attractions on the Island During the Victorian era the seaside was a very fashionable place to visit and many thought its air to have healing properties however this was never proven to be true. Canvey Island benefited from this and thousands of people flocked to it especially from places like London. This was the case until the late 1970's when people stopped coming to the Island and the seafront went into decline. The fair that once stood was demolished and the area looked like a ghost town. In the early 90's a revival occurred and people came back to the seafront. The day trippers were back and wanted to be entertained and new arcades and shops were built to accommodate them. Today the seafront may appear a little on the small side, however this is not the case. A new cinema was constructed and now shows the most up to date films; prior to this being built islanders had to go to Southend or Basildon. The arrival of the cinema heralded a new age for the seafront which attracted a new youthful crowd to the seafront and it developed for this. A new amusement park has been built and the seafront is now a popular place for the young people on the Island meet. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Southend is the name of a number of locations: Southend-on-Sea is the name of a town in Essex, UK Southend, Kintyre is the name of a village in Kintyre, Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the...
Basildon (IPA, ) is a New Town located in south Essex, England at . It was designated as a New Town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill. ...
The town centre has all of the amenities that you would expect from a modern town centre. There are family-run bakers and butchers with a major supermarket recently opened. Also the major fashion retailer New Look has a store in the town. The town centre - like the whole of the Island - is quite relaxed and there is a friendly atmosphere around the town with little graffiti to see, which makes the whole town look tidy. All buses that come onto the Island run through the town centre which makes it easy to get to and then back home again.
Canvey Island's largest hotel 'The Oyster Fleet' is located next to the lake. Canvey Island lake can trace its roots back to the Roman period when it was used as an oyster bed and it is from this that the hotel gets its name. The restaurant has spectacular views over the lake that is around two miles long. The lake was in bad shape until recently when a project led by the environment agency and the local council. This means that the lake has had new life breathed into it and now looks better and has a vast array of wildlife that thrives in it. You can fish the lake for a moderate fee and it is stocked with all the fish that would be expected from a lake. There are many types of wildlife also present in the lake including ducks and many beetles. Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ...
Local towns Other local islands include Lower Horse and Two Tree Island and these are located to the East and West of the Island. Southend and Basildon are the two biggest towns close to Canvey with Basildon being the closest. Southend has a lot to offer the traveller with the biggest amusement park in Essex with the biggest roller coaster to be built this year in England, Rage. It is the biggest ride at the park which means it is a great place to visit. Lower Horse is an uninhabited island off the English coast, lying in the Thames Estuary between Canvey Island and Stanford-le-Hope, close to grid reference TQ760828. ...
Two Tree Island lies north east of Canvey Island and south west of Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England. ...
Southend is the name of a number of locations: Southend-on-Sea is the name of a town in Essex, UK Southend, Kintyre is the name of a village in Kintyre, Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the...
Basildon (IPA, ) is a New Town located in south Essex, England at . It was designated as a New Town after World War II in 1948 to accommodate the London population overspill. ...
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Football Canvey Island is the home of football team Canvey Island, who are a member of the Isthmian League Division One North. Canvey Island were formally members of the National Conference however were relegated two seasons back when they lost their manager and their future was looking uncertain. In the past few years Canvey FC have shown they can continue to compete however, and have kept the spirit of football going. Concord Rangers F.C. are another popular team on the island. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...
Canvey Island F.C, known as the Gulls or Yellow Army, are an English association football club founded in 1926. ...
The Isthmian League First Division North was a football division of the Isthmian League in the UK for two seasons from 2002-03 till 2003-04. ...
The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference is the largest political party in Jammu and Kashmir, India. ...
Concord Rangers F.C. is a football club based in Essex, England. ...
Famous Canvey Islanders Dr. Feelgood is a British pub rock band, which was formed in mid 1971. ...
Pub rock was a mid- to late-1970s musical movement, largely centred around North London and South East Essex, particularly Canvey Island and Southend on Sea. ...
Dean Macey (born: December 12, 1977) in Rochford, Essex, England is a decathlete. ...
Dean Marney (born January 31, 1984 in Barking) is an English footballer who currently plays for Norwich City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. ...
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Canvey Island F.C, known as the Gulls or Yellow Army, are an English association football club founded in 1926. ...
For the team based in Dorset, see Gillingham Town F.C. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent, currently playing in the Football League One. ...
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club are an English football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, currently playing in Football League Two. ...
Swindon Town Football Club is an English football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire. ...
Frank Lander Saul (born Canvey Island Essex, August 23, 1943) was a professional footballer who played most of his career for Tottenham Hotspur. ...
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English professional football club which plays in the Premier League. ...
Jeff King can refer to: Jeff King, a multiple winner of the Iditarod race. ...
Canvey Island F.C, known as the Gulls or Yellow Army, are an English association football club founded in 1926. ...
Chelmsford City Football Club are an English football (soccer) team based in the town of Chelmsford. ...
Sunscreem is a techno- pop band from Essex England who scored a number of big hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart throughout the nineties and into the 21st century. ...
Joshua Hayward (better known as Joshua Third, previously, Joshua Von Grimm) (born on December 15, 1984), is the guitarist for the UK garage rock band The Horrors. ...
The Horrors are a garage rock band who formed in the summer of 2005. ...
People called Peter Taylor include: Peter Taylor (1917-1994), author, winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Peter Taylor (born 1956), Australian cricketer Peter Taylor, editor of The Bridge on the River Kwai and winner of the 1957 Academy Award for Film Editing Peter Taylor (born 1953), former winger...
David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ...
External links - Canvey Island - White's Directory of Essex, 1848
- Watercolour paintings of Canvey Island by the late Paul Smyth
- Buglife's Canvey Island project
- Canvey Wick SSSI Designation by English Nature
- Canvey Views - News, Views & Directory for the Island
- History of Canvey
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