A HISTORY OF FRINTON TO c. 1880 by Janet Cooper


The following account is a DRAFT TEXT prepared for the VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, and may be substantially revised before its eventual full publication on www.englandpast.net and in VCH Essex volume XII. Any citations in printed works should refer to: J. Cooper, ‘Frinton’ (unpublished draft text for Victoria History of Essex, 2003).

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CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS USED

A list of the abbreviations used in the footnotes to the following sections.

INTRODUCTION

Boundaries and Landscape

Communications

Settlement, Population and Topography


LANDOWNERSHIP

Introduction

The Medieval Manors

The Later Manor

Other Estates


ECONOMIC HISTORY

Introduction

The Middle Ages

The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries


SOCIAL HISTORY

The Middle Ages

The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Poor

Education

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Manorial Courts and Rights

Parish Officers

Poor Relief

RELIGIOUS HISTORY

Origins and Status of the Parish Church

Pastoral Care and Religious Life

The Middle Ages

The Reformation and the Seventeenth Century

The Eighteenth Century

The Nineteenth Century

Patronage and Endowment

BUILDINGS

The Church

Houses