Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clacton-on-Sea

Clacton-on-Sea, watering-place and ry. sta., Great Clacton par., E. coast of Essex, 15 miles SE. of Colchester and 67 miles NE. of London, pop. 651; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has admirable facilities for sea-bathing.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "watering-place and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "recreational facilities")
Administrative units: Great Clacton AP/CP       Essex AncC
Place: Clacton

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