Two Christian cousins of King Ecgberht of Kent, named Aethelred and Aethelberht, were murdered at Eastry, a royal dwelling in the Kingdom of Kent, during King Ecgberht's reign (664-673).
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You can also cross MOD land and walk across the Range from Cupid's Corner to follow a muddy track to the seawall which offers great views over the Maplin Sands.
North Shoebury was, until 1 October 1933, additionally a civil parish; on this date it was abolished and administration split between Southend-on-Sea and Great Wakering parishes.
Southchurch takes its name from a Saxon church which was south of a pre-Norman minster, probably situated at Wakering.
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Virgin Active also manage other sites in the area: Rayleigh Leisure Centre and Great Wakering Leisure Centre; as well as two events centres: The Mill and The Freight House.
Great Wakering village hall and the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch were prepared as reception centres, and a flotilla of small boats, the lifeboat, a barge and an army DUKW amphibious truck reached the stranded people and evacuated them to the reception centres.