Southend, Victorian town and resort
Crowe, Ken2025
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The story of Southend's growth as a town and resort in the Victorian and Edwardian periods is told here in this history of Southend. As the nearest seaside resort to London, the town's development has been determined in large part by the impact of its seasonal visitors. Yet it was the year-round movement of people from other parts of Essex, England and from the European continent in the late-19th and early-20th-centuries that was to have a lasting effect on the character of the town. Richly illustrated and drawing from original sources, this volume offers new perspectives on the developments that laid the foundations of Southend as we know it today. Its thematic chapters chart the physical expansion of housing in the period and the development of the resort's infrastructure and economy, among other topics.
Main title:
Southend, Victorian town and resort / Ken Crowe.
Author:
Crowe, Ken, author
Imprint:
London : University of London Press, 2025.
Collation:
164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781915249876 (pbk. :)
Local class:
E.SOU.2
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
8051057