A collection of Harwich Haven items listed elsewhere under different topics. Some of the area’s history can be understood through the names of the navigation buoys such as Washington, Deane, Wadgate Ledge and Medusa. Accounts of the Haven are listed in the notes below.
Sources
Hussey, Frank. Suffolk Invasion: The Dutch Attack on Landguard Fort, 1667. Lavenham, Suffolk: T. Dalton, 1983.
Lindsey, W. H. A Season at Harwich, with Excursions by Land and Water … London : Simpkin, Marshall, 1851. http://archive.org/details/seasonatharwichw00lind.
Morant, Philip. The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex. T. Osborne, in Gray’s-Inn; J. Whiston, in Fleet-Street; S. Baker, in York-Street; L. Davis and C. Reymers, in Holborn; and B. White, in Fleet-Street, 1768.
Steers, J. A. The Coastline of England and Wales. 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964.
Stewart, Graham. Time & Tide: The History of the Harwich Haven Authority. London: Wild Research, 2013.
The Harwich Guide, Containing an Account of the Ancient and Present State of the Borough: Likewise a Description of Dover-Court, Mistley Manningtree, Wickes, Etc., to Which Are Added Biographical and Historical Notices of Extra-Ordinary Characters. Raw, 1808.
‘The History of Harwich Harbour, Particularly the Work of the Harwich Harbour Conservancy Board 1863-1939 – B.Carlyon Hughes’. Accessed 6 January 2022. https://mclarenbooks.com/products/the-history-of-harwich-harbour-particularly-the-work-of-the-harwich-harbour-conservancy-board-1863-1939-b-carlyon-hughes.
Washington, John. Harwich Harbour, 1844. http://archive.org/details/washinton-1844-harwich-the-nautical-magazine-1844.
Weaver, L.T. The Harwich Story, 1975.
Wellcome Collection. ‘The History and Antiquities of Harwich and Dovercourt, Topographical, Dynastical and Political / First Collected by Silas Taylor Alias Domville, Gent. …; and Now Much Enlarged in All Its Parts with Notes and Observations Relating to Natural History … by Samuel Dale.’ Accessed 11 April 2022. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ug8e27ca.
Image Credits and Sources
- Broke-Hall-US-Naval-History-and-Heritage-Command: US Naval History and Heritage Command
- 1899-Cork-Lightship-: Pen and pencil sketches of shipping and craft all round the world. Pritchett, Robert Taylor. London : Arnold, 1899 | Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Deben-Plate: Source UKHO Archive. Copyright Protection has now lapsed
- The Naze Tower, Walton-on the Naze By John Constable: Attributed to John Constable, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | Public Domain Mark 1.0
- FI Bawdsey-Seamark-from-Di-Coulting-1447×2048@2x_cr: Courtesy of Coulting, Di - Boathouse Cafe Bawdsey | All Rights Reserved