In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Frinton on Sea like this:
FRINTON, a parish in Tendring district, Essex; on the coast, 4¼ miles SW of the Naze, 9 SSE of Wrabness r. station, and 12½ SE of Manningtree. Post town, Walton-on-the-Naze, under Colchester. Acres, 820; of which 110 are water. Real property, £660. Pop., 29. Houses, 6. The property is divided among a few. ...
The sea has washed away a great part of the parish, and is still making encroachment. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £162. Patron, S. Lushington, Esq. Part of the church fell in 1703; and the rest of it was recently in disrepair. Captain Bushell, the wreck-searcher, and Cornelius de Tulbury, "who could poison with impunity, " were residents.
Frinton on Sea through time
Frinton on Sea is now part of Tendring district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tendring has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Frinton on Sea itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Frinton on Sea, in Tendring and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/720
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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