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BRIGHTLINGSEA (pronounced BRITTLESEA)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 570 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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


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