Walton-on-Naze, Essex - Church & RAF Memorial - postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Walton-on-Naze, [Essex] - The Church and RAF Memorial
• Publisher: Super Card by Coastal Colour Ltd., Clacton on Sea
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^{Walton-on-the-Naze is a small town in Essex, England, on the North Sea coast in the Tendring District. It is north of Clacton and south of the port of Harwich. It abuts Frinton-on-Sea to the south, and is part of the parish of Frinton and Walton. It is a resort town, with a population of 12,054 (according to the 2011 census)[2]. The town is in the civil parishof Frinton and Walton. It attracts many visitors, The Naze being the main attraction. There is also a pier.}

^{The parish was earlier known as Eadolfenaesse and then as Walton-le-Soken.[3] The name 'Walton' is a common one meaning a 'farmstead or village of the Britons',[4] while 'Soken' denotes the soke (an area of special jurisdiction) that included Thorpe, Kirby and Walton, which were not under the see of London but under the chapter of St Paul's Cathedral.}

^{Walton has an HM Coastguard team and houses Thames MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre), organising rescues from Southwold to Herne Bay.}

^{Walton-on-the-Naze railway station is on a branch of the Sunshine Coast Line.}

^{Along the coast there are many fossils to be found. Some rocks go up to 50 million years old. Rocks include red crag and London clay.}

^{"Naze" derives from Old English næss "ness, promontory, headland". In 1722 Daniel Defoe mentions the town calling it "Walton, under the Nase".[5]}

^{The Naze is a peninsula north of the town. It is important for migrating birds and has a small nature reserve. The marshes of Hamford Water behind the town are also of ornithological interest, with wintering ducks and Brent geese. Many bird watchers visit at migration times.}

^{The Hanoverian tower (more commonly known as the Naze Tower) at the start of the open area of the Naze was a sea mark to assist ships on this otherwise fairly featureless coast. It is now privately owned and open to visitors.}

^{The unusual war memorial commemorates a Halifax crew who all died when they crashed on the Naze. It also has a tribute to Herbert George Columbine, who won the VC and after whom the local leisure centre is named, and a tribute to those lost from HMS Conquest during World War I.[citation needed]}