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BrightlingseaBrightlingsea is a coastal town in Essex, found off the main landward routes but otherwise between Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea. It is a sizable commercial port at the mouth of the River Colne, on Brightlingsea Creek. Brightlingsea is a 'limb' of the Cinque Ports, attached to Sandwich in Kent. The town retains an active ceremonial connection with the Cinque Ports, electing a Deputy from a guild of Freemen. In the centre of the town is Jacob's Hall, reputedly the oldest timber-framed building in Britain, built during the fourteenth century. (Read more) |