Old Town High Street Leigh-on-Sea Pt 1

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Welcome to the Leigh on Sea History Channel where we walk the seashore of the past. In this video we look at the Old Town High Street (East). As more of Leigh-on-Sea's heritage disappears we wonder if a new generation will copy residents of the 70s and step up to save old buildings from the developers and council.

Bibliography:
‘History of the Rochford Hundred’ by Philip Benton
‘Old Leigh’ by H. N. Bride
‘Southend-on-Sea & District’ by J. W. Burrows
‘Old Leigh A Pictorial History’ by John F. Bundock
‘Leigh Parish Church of St Clement’ by John F. Bundock
‘Smugglers Moon’ by L. E. Jerram-Burrows
‘Joscelyne’s Beach’ by Arthur Joscelyne
‘Hadleigh Past’ by Ian Yearsley
‘Leigh-on-Sea (A History)’ by Judith Williams
‘Voices of Leigh-on-Sea’ by Judith Williams
‘The Old Town Leigh-on-Sea’ by Carol Edwards
‘The Life & Times of the Houseboats of Leigh-on-Sea’ by Carol Edwards
‘Broadway Leigh-on-Sea’ by Carol Edwards
‘Leigh Hill’ by Carol Edwards
‘Leigh-on-Sea Postcard Memories’ The Leigh Society
'Swin Swale & Swatchway' by H. Lewis Jones
'1953 Essex Flood Disaster' by Patricia R. Smith
‘Legends of Leigh’ by Sheila Pitt-Stanley


Links:
The Leigh Society http://www.leighsociety.com/leigh.htm
Leigh Lives https://www.leighlives.co.uk/
Leigh-on-Sea Town Council https://www.leighonseatowncouncil.gov...
St. Clement’s https://www.stclementschurch.org.uk/

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