Jaywick, Essex - Beach - postcard by D Constance c.1970s (1990 pmk)

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• Picture / Image:  Jaywick [Essex] - The Beach 
• Publisher: D. Constance Ltd of Littlehampton - c.1970s
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  1dt class black Machin
• Postmark(s): Colchester 1990 Stampex slogan pmk 
• Sent to:  Pineham, Milton Keynes
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Jaywick is a coastal village in the Tendring district of Essex, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Clacton-on-Sea. It lies on the North Sea coast of England, 60 miles (97 km) from London and 17 miles (27 km) from Colchester. It was constructed in the 1930s as a holiday resort for Londoners, but has, over time, been officially named the most deprived area in the country.

The land on which the village is built was originally fields and salt marsh and unsuitable for agriculture. It was purchased by the entrepreneur Frank Stedman in 1928 to build low cost, affordable holiday homes for working-class families, and became a popular holiday destination throughout the 1930s. After the Second World War, a shortage of housing meant the properties became permanently inhabited despite not being built for this purpose. Many holiday homes are now in a state of disrepair, and the local community have resisted demolition. Jaywick has significant problems with unemployment and is at risk of flooding, despite several attempts by the local council to transform the area.

Jaywick is around 60 miles (97 km) from London and 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Colchester.[2][3] It in the Golf Green ward of the Tendring district of north-east Essex.[4][5] To the north-east is Clacton-on-Sea (from which it is separated by Clacton Airfield), while to the west is the estuary of the River Colne. Jaywick is divided into the Tudor estate to the north (also known as West Clacton), the Village to the southeast and the Brooklands and Grasslands estates to the southwest.[4][6]

Most shops are on the village's main street, Broadway. A 200-year-old Martello tower on the coastline was converted into an arts and heritage centre.[7] The artwork, "46 Brooklands Gardens", by Nathan Coley was erected at the Martello tower as a three-month show piece.[8]

History

What is now Jaywick was originally fields and salt marshes near Clacton and St Osyth.[9] The name, which was first recorded in 1438 in the form Clakyngewyk, means "dwelling associated with a man named *Clacc". The first element was later dropped, giving at first Gey wyck (1584) and eventually the modern form.[10] A wooden spear from the Lower Paleolithic era, found locally in an area of foreshore erosion, is the oldest known man-made wooden artefact found in the British Isles.[11] During the 19th century, the area was popular for shooting and contained a rifle range.[12]

Because of its close proximity to the sea, Jaywick had never been a practical place for farming due to the risk from floods; and the land remained unused.[13] A sea wall was built in 1880 to protect against flooding.[12] Ordnance Survey mapping around 1897 shows Jaywick as a few farmhouses near what is now Crossways on the Tudor estate.[14]