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CanveyIsland. org | History memories of a unique island community CanveyIsland org: The site is run by the people of Canvey for the people of Canvey It is totally free to view and download the hundreds of stories and pictures of Canvey Island’s history for your own use
About Canvey | CanveyIsland. org Canvey Island is an Island of some seven square miles lying off the South Coast of Essex in the Thames Estuary The Island is below sea level with beaches to the south and a population of some 45,000 living behind 14 miles of high sea walls
The B17 Bomber Crash 1944 - CanveyIsland. org I was hooked reading this story, I felt I was there watching the B17 coming down My Grandfather Fred Moss told me he watched the B17 come down from the Hill at Leigh-on-Sea I may be the person who put Stan onto Gary, I believe via my old Guestbook on CanveyIsland org uk
The Hotel Kynoch | Postcards, Postcards | CanveyIsland. org Hi Martin – Irene Swift, my mum-in-law, was born in 1919 at the Bull Hotel, Wrotham, one of her grandfather’s many licensed premises, as was her brother, Ted, two years previously in 1917 and later,in 1922, her sister Betty
History - CanveyIsland. org In this area we feature Canvey Island's history Click on the links below to find out more
The First Essex Monorail - CanveyIsland. org The frst Essex Monorail as it appeared in The History of Canvey Island, published in 1902 The plan was to provide cheap and comfortable transport for the holidaymakers enjoying a brief spell away from ‘murky London ’
Oysterfleet Farm - CanveyIsland. org We have recently been given a copy of an Indenture dated 1902 regarding Oysterfleet Farm, Frederick Butler Molineux Montgomerie Esq and Frederick Hester When I added it to the information I had already acquired I was surprised to see that Canvey had another link to slavery, the first being The Settlement and the Stevens family with their connection to William Wilberforce of the abolitionists
Tram Carriage | Tram Trailer - CanveyIsland. org I took a number of photos of the tram in June 2007 At the time I wondered if it was an old Southend pier car or even from the short lived 3’6″ gauge canvey tramway of around 1906
The Vanishing Past | Roman finds and more | CanveyIsland. org Exposed on the foreshore, RHFAG found the partly eroded remains of up to 12 possible salt-working units They examined one area of settlement tanks and one of a complete saltern (salt-working unit) The settlement tank unit was 9m x 2 5m of unfired yellow clay resting on gritty red black earth with briquetage Shaped into the clay were 3, or possibly 4, tanks, each 1 5 x 1m