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Prittlewell history
Prehistoric
People first settled by the Prittle Brook at least 10,000 years ago in the late Stone Age. Little appears to have affected life in Prittlewell as its population evolved from their original character as hunter-gatherers to a more settled existence.
Roman
Roman occupation began to influence the area with the construction of a Roman-style dwelling, probably a farmhouse or villa, close to the brook in what is now Priory Park. The introduction of new ideas, new skills and social structures under this Roman influence would have brought significant change to the area.
Saxons and Vikings
Part of a blocked archway built of Roman tiles survives in the north wall of the chancel of St Mary’s church. It has long been assumed that it represents part of a small Anglo-Saxon chapel built in the 7th century. However, more recent study and comparison with surviving architectural remains suggest instead that the arch may date as late as the 10th or early 11th century, and that this is the date of the first church to be built on the site. The high status of the area during the.. period was confirmed by the discovery of a substantial and undisturbed 7th-century chamber tomb in 2003.
Medieval
Prittlewell was founded in the 12th century as a cell of the Cluniac Priory of St Pancras, Lewes. At this time, the lands of the priory extended to the seafront. A fishing settlement was set up two miles (3 km) south of the Priory in the 14th century. From this settlement, the modern town of Southend-on-Sea grew. At the time of the Tudor Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, the priery was closed.
19th century
Southend was developed as a bathing resort in the 18th century. In 1848, Prittlewell was described as “a neat and well built village with many modern houses overlooking the estuary of the Thames”
20th century
Eric Kingham Cole was born in Prittlewell and went on to form EKCO, a radio, TV and plastic manufacturer. The old priory, which had been in ownership of the Scratton family, was bought by local jeweller and benefactor R. A. Jones and was given to the people of Southend as Priory Park.
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