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BRIGHTLINGSEA (pronounced BRITTLESEA)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 570 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BRIGHTLINGSEA (pronounced BRITTLESEA) , a See also:port and fishing station in the See also:Harwich See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Essex, See also:England, on a See also:creek opening from the See also:east See also:shore of the See also:Colne See also:estuary, the See also:terminus of a See also:branch from See also:Colchester of the See also:Great Eastern railway, 621 m. E.N.E. of See also:London. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (Igor) 4501. The Colchester See also:oyster beds are mainly in this See also:part of the Colne, and the oyster See also:fishery is the See also:chief See also:industry. See also:Boat-See also:building is carried on. This is also a favourite See also:yachting centre. The See also:church, of All See also:Saints, principally Perpendicular, has interesting monuments and See also:brasses, and a See also:fine lofty See also:tower and See also:west front. Brightlingsea, which appears in Domesday, is a member of the Cinque Port of See also:Sandwich in See also:Kent. Near the opposite shore of the creek is St Osyth's priory, which originated as a nunnery founded by Osyth, a See also:grand-daughter of See also:Penda, See also:king of See also:Mercia, martyred (c. 653) by Norse invaders. A See also:foundation for Augustinian canons followed on the site See also:early in the 12th See also:century. The remains, incorporated with a See also:modern See also:residence, include a See also:late Perpendicular gateway, abbots' tower, See also:clock tower and See also:crypt.

The gateway, an embattled structure with flanking turrets, is particularly fine, the entire front being panelled and ornamented with canopied niches. The church of St Osyth, also Perpendicular in the See also:

main, is of See also:interest.

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