The town sits on the mudflats of the Thames Estuary, and this is very much an industrial area. Leigh-on-Sea is commonly referred to simply as Leigh, and has taken part in the fishing industry for nearly 1000 years. On a daily basis local merchants catch, land, process and trade mainly shellfish and whitebait.
The Old Town dates back to the 11th century, gets a mention in the Domesday Book of 1086, and was once the primary shipping route to London; by the 16th century becoming a prosperous port. But by the 1740s the village was in decline as an anchorage, as the deep water access became silted up.
Come and take a walk in my shoes and I'll show you the Old Town and the seafront. We'll peek inside Leigh Heritage Centre and Old Leigh Studios- a commercial gallery which house artists' studios. I'll also pop over the road to see the Cundit, which is a stone that marks the site of the old conduit fountain at the head of the spring which gave the old village its water supply. Finally, I'll walk over Gypsy Bridge and into the shopping area, showing you my favourite shop, which is a haberdashery with inspirational fashion quotes outside.
Remember, I will always be a writer before anything else, and have blogged about Leigh-on-Sea before, link:-
https://elainerockett.blogspot.com/2022/09/miss-elaineous-visits-leigh-on-sea.html
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