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	Foulness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Foulness is an island on the east coast of Essex in England.
		It is separated from the mainland by narrow creeks.
		The large island had a usually resident population of 212 people in the 2001 census, who live in the settlements of Churchend and Courtsend, at the north end of Foulness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foulness (272 words)

	Foulness Island In Brief
		The island is bound by the River Crouch to the north, the River Thames to the east and south and the River Roach and Shelford Creek to the west.
		The island is 5.28 miles in length from Smallports Point in the west to Foulness Point in the east and 2.67 miles in breadth from the seawall between Eastwick and Rugwood Heads in the south to Nase Point in the north.
		The area of the island in 1847 was 425 acres of salting outside the sea wall and 5,885 acres within the sea wall, totalling 6,310 acres.
	uk.geocities.com /foulnessisland (2228 words)

	stosyth.gov.uk - Foulness Mar 01
		Foulness is a large island, 7 miles by five with 6-7000 acres, with a fascinating history.
		Foulness might seem remote now, but before the bridges were first built in 1926, the only ways on to the island were by boat or across the Maplin Sands, where a hard track, called the Broomway was used.
		The island was cut off by the flooding of all the islands in the area and of the mainland marshes.
	www.stosyth.gov.uk /default.asp?calltype=foulnessmar01 (1139 words)

	Wakering History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In 1424 of the 1,437 ewes on Foulness 118 were sick with foot rot and to counter this a mixture of tar and butter was smeared onto the sheep’s feet.
		Foulness is the largest of a group of 6 islands in the Thames estuary, including Potton, Rushley, Havengore, New England and Wallasea.
		In 1801 the population of Foulness was 396.
	www.r.kirton.btinternet.co.uk /wakeringhistory.htm (3354 words)

	Island - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		An island is a large land mass in the midst of water.
		More recently, islands of artificial form have been created by engineers for all sorts of practical purposes.
		Most importantly in identifying islands is the concept that no Man is one.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Island (240 words)

	Foulness
		Its area is given by Morant at 4,500 acres, and in the ‘Library of Useful Knowledge’ at 5,000 ; but in the Population Returns, Foulness parish, which does not, so far as we know, comprehend more than the island, is given as 8060 acres, with a population of 630, almost entirely agricultural.
		The houses are scattered over the island, upon the different farms ; they are all of wood- a material which here, from some cause or other, is liable to rapid decay.
		Beds of oysters and cockle-shells have been found beneath the surface of this island, which renders it probable that it was originally formed by deposits from the sea.
	www.oldtowns.co.uk /Essex/foulness.htm (253 words)

	Society \| Isolated gripes
		The island is much the same as it was in 1915, when the MoD purchased the 6,300 acres (2,550 hectares).
		Whether by accident or by design, Foulness has been a unique social experiment for more than 90 years; arguably, it is the closest thing to a police state on British soil.
		Foulness held its annual fete in August and the road from the mainland was opened specially, to enable public access.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4507607-105909,00.html (1257 words)

	List of islands of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of the islands of England, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain, as well as a table of the largest English islands by area.
		The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands do not form part of England.
		Some of these were formerly islands surrounded by marshland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_islands_of_England (216 words)

	Neville Gabie Update
		On land, he filmed the secretive landscape of Foulness using kites as a means of giving an aerial perspective of land and water not possible from the ground.
		During his talk and reception at the architecturally striking lecture pod, Neville encouraged the audience to follow in his footsteps to visit the island by contacting the landlord of the George and Dragon to be allowed onto the island.
		The idea of the 'island' is something that interests me. It's separateness, its clearly defined boundary, the basic desire to own or at least be in control of ones environment, the romance of it.
	www.coastart.org /updates/gabie_up_1.htm (980 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Red box \| Which UK island could house 20,000 asylum seekers?
		Foulness island in Essex has one particularly key attraction to a government seeking to acquire an offshore detention centre - it already owns it.
		Positioned 28 miles off the coast of Land's End, the islands are certainly remote enough for our purposes, and since they are slap bang in the middle of the Gulf stream they could also offer a pleasantly hospitable environment to those of our guests fleeing warmer latitudes (Tresco's climate is almost sub-tropical).
		The problem is that no one seems to know who actually does own Rockall, the island being claimed (for not entirely mystifying reasons) by Denmark, Ireland, Iceland and the UK (Britain's claim, apparently, is based on occasional sea visits and the presence of a former SAS soldier on the island for 40 days in 1975).
	politics.guardian.co.uk /diary/story/0,9176,1039064,00.html (1492 words)

	New Publication 'Coast' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Neville's publication, Coast, was launched on June 25 with a breathtaking, symbolic pilgrimage to the military base of Foulness Island.
		At the same time, another group of invited guests were arriving on the other side of the island in a retired lifeboat.
		Built in the centre of the island's largest village, Church End, the George and Dragon is the one remaining pub on the island, serving the 1500 population still resident behind the MoD lines.
	www.coastart.org /updates/gabie_up_2.htm (237 words)

	Foulness Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Remote, isolated, bleak in winter and refreshingly cool on the hottest of summer days, Foulness is the largest of the Essex Islands and the fourth largest island off the coast of England.
		Foulness was (for many years) controlled by the military, and used as a proving ground over marsh sands for munitions.
		Foulness and the adjoining Maplin Sands are internationally famous as a haven for wildlife.
	www.rochford.gov.uk /rochforddcinternet/main.asp?page=132&theme=textonly (279 words)

	Belton Family Genealogy Forum
		Beltons from Foulness Island, Essex - Robyn BELTON 5/21/02
		Re: Beltons from Foulness Island, Essex - Robyn BELTON 5/23/02
		Re: Beltons from Foulness Island, Essex - Robyn BELTON 5/30/02
	genforum.genealogy.com /belton (2236 words)

	Yachting and Boating World: The George & Dragon, Churchend, Foulness Island
		I've often looked on the map at Foulness Island and was intrigued that there were two villages and a pub in a restricted area on the Foulness weapons facility.
		Having driven there this lunchtime I've discovered that it's not too difficult to access---firstly you have to ring the landlord on 01702-219460, give him your name and the number of passengers in the car and your approximate time of arrival.
		The access to Foulness Island is just off the Great Wakering road, past Southend and Shoeburyness.
	www.ybw.com /forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/912316/Main/911687 (333 words)

	Sailing Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Situated in Shoeburyness adjacent to the Army firing range on Foulness island to the east and facing south east.
		Situated to the west and south of Chalkwell the island's beaches are right on the deep water of the Thames as the estuary narrows considerable here.
		The island being below sea level is protected by a substantial sea wall and barriers.
	freespace.virgin.net /vaughan.sanders/sailing-area.html (629 words)

	New Scientist Archive - Web Letters - Cry foul for foulness? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Martin Gregorie Harlow, Essex, UK It is not only satellite navigation that blanks out the island of Foulness, off the UK's Essex coast (Feedback, 27 May).
		Searching for it on www.multimap.co.uk points you to a stretch of the Market Weighton Canal in east Yorkshire, and also to an area of the foreshore off Cromer, which is in Norfolk and also miles from the muddy Essex coast.
		However, Foulness is on the map itself if you know where to look, and it is indexed properly on www.streetmap.co.uk and on the Ordnance Survey's own site.
	www.newscientist.com /article/mg19025561.500.html (158 words)

	The Doe Network: Case File 341UFUK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The victim was discovered on April 16, 2000 Foulness Island near Southend, Essex, United Kingdom.
		The victim was discovered washed ashore on Foulness Island near Southend, Essex, on April 16th 2000.
		The cause of the woman's death was drowning and she was believed to have been in the water for between five and seven days before her body was found.
	www.doenetwork.us /cases/341ufuk.html (118 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Society Guardian \| Isolated gripes
		Living under restrictive Ministry of Defence rules, residents of Foulness feel increasingly cut off from the world.
		Nat Bocking penetrates their almost inaccessible Essex island
		He describes his tract as a "true account of what life has been like" and insists: "This has not been written to offend anybody."
	society.guardian.co.uk /societyguardian/story/0,7843,797945,00.html (1257 words)

	South Shoebury Parish Website - Area History
		Since the establishment expanded to include parts of Wakering and Foulness Island the old 'road' from Wakering to Foulness was marked with upside down brooms to show where it was safe to cross at high tide, when it was generally a foot or so under water, and the route became known as the Broomway.
		Nevertheless many a soul was swept away to his death trying to cross the mudflats on the flow of the tide and many an entry in the parish records shows the burial of an 'unknown drowned person' including those so badly "eaten by fishes" that they could not be recognised!
		Wakering is the gateway to Foulness Island which historically has had very close links with the village.
	www.southshoebury.org /shoebury.html (1929 words)

	Castle Point and Rochford PCT
		It has the benefits of its good links to London to the west, the adjoining Borough of Southend-on-Sea to the east, and the County town of Chelmsford to the North.
		Throughout the middle of the Borough runs Benfleet Creek, with the mainland of Benfleet to the north and Canvey Island to the south.
		Included are the historic Hockley Woods (the remains of a royal forest), and the island of Foulness, which are both sites of special scientific interest, The Roach Valley Conservative Zone, an the recently opened Magnolia Nature Reserve.
	www.healthjobsuk.com /employerdetails/704 (626 words)

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		Iron age man smelted metal and built causeways to the islands: one such route being the only way on or off the
		Since the establishment expanded to include parts of Wakering and Foulness Island the old 'road' from Wakering to
		Foulness was marked with upside down brooms to show where it was safe to cross at high tide, when it was generally a foot
	members.lycos.co.uk /krh30/id27.htm (1051 words)

	More Anarchy from the UK
		The place names carry something of the spirit of the place: at the southern mouth of the River Crouch is Foulness Island, islanded by the River Roach: to the north is the Dengie Peninsula, bounded on the far side by the River Blackwater.
		There's plenty of mud, and it is so sticky that they export it to toughen up four-wheel drive assault courses.
		It is indeed a landscape to rage in: unlike Dylan Thomas's Llareggub, it's the sort of place where gulls go to be angry rather than lonely.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /fringe/2003/fuguessex.htm (1033 words)

	Wildlife Cruises: Foulness Island 2006
		Boarding 'Springer' 2pm at Burnham on Crouch for a short cruise to the islands.
		We have permission and local guides to lead a group of birdwatchers onto the Island.
		Foulness is known for its rarities and very large flocks of waders at their high tide roosts, and is said to be among the best birdwatching sites in England.
	beehive.thisisessex.co.uk /?WCI=SiteHome&ID=3572&PageID=19709 (212 words)

	SIX TIMES A DAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This lasted about an hour, from 17:00 until the time when Sgt Girdwood floated gently down on to Foulness Island, off the coast of Essex, and P3708 slammed considerably less gently into the ground nearby at Nazewick Farm.
		Here it was totally buried in the soft ground by the force of impact.
		A toe of my right foot was fractured by a bolt, which was forced into it by a bullet.
	www.sweffling.freeserve.co.uk /foulness.htm (662 words)

	Martin's Web Site - Sunny Southend - Foulness Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It is a private Island owned by the Ministry of Defence.
		Every year there is a fair with stalls and things and on this day the Island is open the anyone who wants to visit it.
		Because the Island is top secret, cameras and mobile phones are strictly forbidden.
	www.btinternet.com /~tonypres/foulness.htm (102 words)

	Hayling Island bed and breakfast, cottage and self catering accommodation, Hayling Island guest houses, hotels & other ...
		Hayling Island bed and breakfast, cottage and self catering accommodation, Hayling Island guest houses, hotels & other holiday accommodation and places to stay in Hayling Island.
		Hayling Island is to be found on the beautiful southern coast of England on the rural shores between the well known cities of Chichester and Portsmouth.
		Hayling Island is a premier location for clean beaches and holds two blue flags and Tidy Britain seaside awards; it is the premier location for some of the best sailing and windsurfing in the UK.
	www.gocoastal.co.uk /resort_guides/hayling_island (788 words)

	UFO ::::::: Southend UFO Group ::::::: - UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Whilst it seems a common occurrence for UFOs to be seen near military installations, reservoirs and power stations.
		Our local sightings near Bradwell power station (fl triangle), Hanningfield reservoir (glowing balls of light) and numerous cigar shaped objects near Foulness Island support this common theme.
		Our members will investigate local sightings and call upon experts in different fields to use the experience they have gained in the past to help solve some of the more mysterious sightings.
	www.southendufogroup.com /about.html (383 words)

	The Battle in the Air
		Ultimately the 2 Officers and 20 men were taken into custody by soldiers from Mersea Island and marched to Colchester.
		Sadly he did not survive the crash and his body was not recovered.
		The plane crashed farther south on Foulness Island.
	www.geocities.com /abbertonroh/germans.htm (2935 words)

	Old Maps of Foulness, Essex, Clacton, Brightlingsea, Mersea.. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This map covers the area of eastern Essex from Clacton and Mersea Island southward to Foulness Island and Havengore Head.
		The two maps, 242 and 259, are here printed side by side to give maximum coverage of this fascinating coastal area.
		For a full list of maps for the county go to the Essex page; or to the East Anglia page for a full list for the area.
	www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk /one242.htm (444 words)

	Rochford has a connection to HMS Beagle, Darwin and "On the Origin of the Species". (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Little is known of the Beagle’s coast guard activities, but it is worth mentioning of an incident that took place on Foulness Island, which as one would expect was another favourite haunt of smugglers.
		It is an island which can be reached from the Crouch or the Roach or at high water across the Maplins from the Thames estuary.
		The Dove watch vessel was possibly stationed in deep water on the North side of Foulness.
	members.fortunecity.com /hawkwell/beagle.htm (2121 words)

	United Kingdom Divisions
		The name Great Britain properly refers only to the island shared by England, Scotland, and Wales; however, it is often casually used to refer to the whole United Kingdom.
		Except for the "islands areas", all divisions of England, Scotland, and Wales lie mostly on the island of Great Britain; all divisions of Northern Ireland lie mostly on the island of Ireland.
		Kent includes the Isle of Sheppey and islands in the mouth of the River Medway.
	www.statoids.com /ugb.html (4111 words)

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