Monthly Archives: January 2021

What is the connection between the Naze and Big Ben? Well it’s rather tenuous but I’ll explain. The London brass and bell founders business, John Warner & Sons of Cheapside and Cripplegate, London was begun in 1739 and remained under … Continue reading →

Since writing part four of this seemingly endless story I have received the following email from Geoff RaynerFurther information about the bore hole and the strata revealed .. “In your latest section it mentions the layers found in the borehole. … Continue reading →

For those of you who have followed this saga, here are the next pages of Thomas Wilmhurst’s “Descriptive Account of Walton-on-the-Naze” published in 1860. The reference to the Copperas trade in Walton brought back childhood memories for me. I lived … Continue reading →