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	Property for sale in Harwich - selling properties from Harwich estate agents, Essex
		Harwich is a town in Essex, England, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east.
		Harwich was the home town for Christopher Jones, the master and quarter-owner of the Mayflower, and was also a base for that ship.
		Harwich today is contiguous with Dovercourt and the two along with Parkeston are often referred to collectively as Harwich.
	www.essexpropertysales.co.uk /property_for_sale_0_Harwich.html (371 words)

	Harwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harwich is a town in Essex, England, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east.
		Harwich was the home town for Christopher Jones, the master and quarter-owner of the Mayflower, and was also a base for that ship.
		Harwich today is contiguous with Dovercourt and the two along with Parkeston are often referred to collectively as Harwich.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harwich (305 words)

	Harwich, Welcome to Brightlingsea Town Guide. Brightlingsea, Guide, Bloom, flowers, floral displays, anglia in bloom, ...
		Harwich still retains a strong flavour of the medieval seafaring township it once was and is extremely popular today as a vantage point for watching the substantial shipping movements in the harbour and across the water at Felixstowe.
		Later King Charles took his first pleasure cruise from Harwich and when the famous diarist Samuel Pepys was a regular visitor when he was MP for the town.
		Harwich was then a Royal Dockyard where many famous ships were built for the King’s Navy.
	www.brightlingsea-town.co.uk /area/harwich.htm (393 words)

	wiki/Harwich, Massachusetts Definition / wiki/Harwich, Massachusetts Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Harwich is a town on Cape Cod, in Barnstable County in the state of Massachusetts in the United StatesThe United States of America, also referred to as the United States, U.S.A., U.S., US, America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia, is a federal republic of fifty states, mostly in central North America.
		Harwich also contains the largest lake on the Cape, called Long Pond, which serves as a private airport for planes with the ability to land on water.
		Harwich was first settled in 1670 Events January 21 – Highwayman Claude Duval is executed in Tyburn, Middlesex April - Pope Clement X is elected.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Harwich,_Massachusetts (1080 words)

	Harwich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Famous 1600s diarist Samuel Pepys was MP for Harwich, and Admiral Nelson of Trafalgar fame is reputed to have stayed at the former Three Cups public house with his mistress Lady Hamilton.
		The Redoubt is a large fort set in a hill built in 1808 to meet the threat from Napoleon.
		The Treadwheel Crane on Harwich Green was made in 1667 and operated by French prisoners of war to haul ships on to the slipway at the Navy Yard.
	www.thisisessex.co.uk /essex/evening-gazette/local_interest/towns__villages/harwich (523 words)

	Subterranea Britannica: Sites: Beacon Hill Fort (Harwich)
		In 1804 a masonry tower was built on Beacon Hill and six years later the Harwich Redoubt was built 100 metres to the north west of the fort.
		Harwich was in the front line defences during WW1 and Beacon Hill Fort was once again improved with the addition of two 1-pounder automatic guns for anti aircraft defence.
		After the war the redoubt was disarmed and sold to the council and the 4.7-inch guns were removed from the fort.
	www.subbrit.org.uk /sb-sites/sites/b/beacon_hill_fort/index.shtml (1061 words)

	harwich redoubt nepolionic fort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		~An extremely impressive 180ft (60m) diameter circular fort built in 1808 to defend the port of Harwich against a Napoleonic invasion.
		It is the only such example open to the public.
		The fort was restored by the Harwich Society as a voluntary project.
	users.quista.net /farnell/redoubt.htm (74 words)

	Destination Guide for Harwich : Enjoy England
		Historic Harwich is a major gateway to Europe and an ideal place to savour the area´s maritime history.
		Harwich is famous for its sea-faring history and heritage.
		Harwich has narrow streets, historic buildings and museums, including the Redoubt Fort.
	www.enjoyengland.com /destinations/find/east-of-england/essex/harwich.aspx (100 words)

	HARWICH REDOUBT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was built between 1807 and 1809 to support Landguard Fort on the opposite shore near Felixstowe and to form part of the chain of Martello Tower defences.
		In the 1920's it was abandoned and the surrounding housing built.
		It was taken over by the Harwich Society in 1969, by which time it was completely overgrown, but it has now been fully restored.
	www.ecastles.co.uk /harwich.html (144 words)

	Harwich & Dovercourt Official Guide
		Harwich was first granted borough status by a charter of 1318 and its long and proud municipal traditions, confirmed by the charter of 1604, are still maintained by Harwich Town Council which meets in the Guildhall, a superb Grade 1 listed building in Church Street.
		There are close and friendly links with its sister town of Harwich in Massachusetts, and with the council of the Hook of Holland – the Dutch port to which the high-speed super ferry sails.
		From the highest point of the Redoubt there is a superb panoramic view across the whole peninsula, over the adjoining roofs, to Parkeston, the River Stour, Shotley, Felixstowe docks and the harbour entrance.
	www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk /councils/harwich/heritage.html (1235 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Harwich Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		Despite the times that the Redoubt was upgraded, it has never fired a shot in anger and fell into disuse in the 1920’s.
		The Redoubt is 180ft (55mtr) in diameter with walls 3ft (1mtr) thick and is surrounded by a dry moat, which is 20ft (6mtr) deep.
		A Redoubt was a military fortification capable of withstanding a lengthy siege, was claimed to be bomb proof and possessed considerable firepower.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Essex/Harwich-311741/Things_To_Do-Harwich-BR-1.html (802 words)

	BBC - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Eastbourne redoubt was built between 1804 and 1810 and was a large, circular defence fort of brick and stone surrounded by a deep dry ditch.
		By 1859, the redoubt had become obsolete and a Royal Commission on Defence decided that the Martello towers and the redoubts were no longer needed.
		In 1926 the local corporation bought the redoubt from the War Department for £150, and for the first time in its history it was opened for the public to see inside.
	www.bbc.co.uk /education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/printable/makhist6_print11c.html (816 words)

	Harwich Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Harwich is a town in Essex, England, located on the coastwith the North Sea to the east.
		The town was heavily fortified, with Harwich Redoubt, Beacon Hill Battery, and Bath SideBattery.
		TheElectric Palace cinema, Harwich, is one of the oldest purpose-built cinemas to survive complete with its silent screen, originalprojection room and ornamental frontage still intact.
	www.witchware.com /File/32200-Harwich.Real.Estate.Html (414 words)

	harwich info redoubt
		It should be remembered that at the time the Redoubt was built (1808), Harwich stopped at the High Lighthouse, while Dovercourt was about a mile up the road, the London Road.
		The Redoubt is being restored by the Harwich Society.
		The Redoubt fete is held on the Spring Bank Holiday Monday (the second Bank Holiday Monday) in May each year.
	www.harwich-society.co.uk /old/info_redoubt.htm (564 words)

	The Tendring tourists’ guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Harwich and Dovercourt — Harwich still retains a flavour of the Medieval seafaring township it once was and is extremely popular today as a vantage point for watching the substantial shipping movements in the Harbour and across the water at Felixstowe.
		The lighthouses of Harwich — Dating from 1818, the High and Low lighthouses were built under the Supervision of John Rennie Snr., and replaced earlier wooden structures.
		Open as a museum and now being restored by the Harwich Society, it was built in 1808-10 as part of the chain of east coast defences to counter the threat of a Napoleonic invasion.
	www.tendringdc.gov.uk /district/whereg.htm (4280 words)

	harwich info redoubt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It should be remembered that at the time the Redoubt was built (1808), Harwich stopped at the High Lighthouse, while Dovercourt was about a mile up the road, the London Road.
		The Redoubt is being restored by the Harwich Society.
		The Redoubt fete is held on the Spring Bank Holiday Monday (the second Bank Holiday Monday) in May each year.
	users.quista.net /farnell/info_redoubt.htm (564 words)

	Location Explorer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Harwich itself has been a major port since its appearance on the scene in 1150 or so.
		Harwich was home base for the Mayflower, and her master, Captain Christopher Jones, lived here along the quay, at number 21.
		To view Harwich on your own, the Harwich Maritime Trail provides walkers with a pleasant, informative, sight-filled trip around the ancient port.For the nature lover in you, a trip up the Stour River is a must, with its large population of swans and other wildlife.
	www.cruise.com /LE5/Default/LocationID_8940/index.html (158 words)

	The Harwich Town Diary
		Until 1949 Mayor's Day in Harwich was 21st December and it became the custom for the newly elected Mayor to shower his blessings on the children by throwing kitchels to them from a window at the Guildhall.
		When this began is not known but it has long been the custom in some parts, and particularly Suffolk, for children to visit their god-parents at Christmas time and ask for their blessings.
		A kitchel being thrown at the Harwich Mayor-Making ceremony
	www.harwich.net /diary.htm (194 words)

	The Harwich Society
		The Harwich Society has four main historical sites which are open to the public daily from 10am to 5pm between 1 May and 31 August.
		An extremely impressive 180ft (60m) diameter circular fort built in 1808 to defend the port of Harwich against a Napoleonic invasion.
		Housed in a Victorian lifeboat-house of 1876 and containing a comprehensive history of Harwich lifeboats.
	www.harwich.net /societyx.htm (329 words)

	BBC - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the years from 1876 to 1917 the Harwich lifeboats were launched 276 times and 333 lives were saved.
		The Harwich Lifeboat Museum is run by the Harwich Society, which also has three other historical sites in the town: the Harwich Redoubt Fort, the Harwich Maritime Museum (in the old lighthouse), and the Ha'penny Pier.
		Harwich Lifeboat Museum is in the Victorian lifeboat house of 1876.
	www.bbc.co.uk /education/beyond/factsheets/makhist_prog5b.shtml (511 words)

	Harwich Tendring Borough Tiscover Images Essex Colchester tourism hotels England UK accommodation
		Throughout the summer, Harwich boasts a number of events including a Festival of the Arts, Redoubt Fort Fete, regular Farmer´s Markets and the Tour de Tendring Cycle Ride.
		Harwich also has walking and cycling trails - The Essex Way footpath runs all the way from Harwich to Epping - a total of 81 miles.
		Gazing across the estuary, the vibrant green mound of Shotley contrasts vividly with the sharp steel horizon of Felixstowe Port.
	www.tiscover.co.uk /gb/guide/800gb,en,SCH1/objectId,RGN330gb,curr,GBP,season,at2,selectedEntry,pict/pict.html (255 words)

	Haunted UK Map (East Midlands) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This impressive military location, moated and circular, Harwich Redoubt Fort was constructed in 1808 as a defence to the main harbour against the threatened invasion of the Napoleonic Navy.
		It took three years to construct at a total cost of £55,000, while it is said that French prisoners of war contributed to its construction.
		His apparition is alleged to been seen in the fort, sometimes headless and other times with his head under his arm.
	www.theparanormalexperience.co.uk /ParaLoc_Map_Eng_EM_Harwich.htm (150 words)

	© Paranormal Tours - Events - Harwich Redoubt Fort 08-07-06
		This impressive military location, moated and circular, Harwich Redoubt Fort was constructed in 1808 as a defence to the main harbour against the threatened invasion of the Napoleonic Navy.
		It meant that there was only a small portion of the for visible as a target, cannon balls that were aimed to low were lost to the earthworks.
		It is now cared for and restored by the Harwich Society and is said to be the largest ancient monument being restored in this country by a private group.
	www.paranormaltours.com /events/harwich080706.html (551 words)

	Harwich dot net
		Harwich is a busy coastal town and international port located on the estuary of the rivers Stour and Orwell in north-east Essex, England.
		The old town of Harwich is a conservation area containing many historic buildings.
		The Harwich International Port's web-site and our own travel pages have all the latest information for travellers sailing from Harwich.
	www.harwich.net (236 words)

	Andrew - Colchester and Harwich
		It flourished as a castle until the advent of gunpowder.
		Harwich is a port city on the south-eastern tip of England.
		There is a fort called a "Redoubt" at Harwich.
	www.andrewcoile.com /photos/ColchesterHarwich/index.php (539 words)

	Beacon Hill Fort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A small fort was constructed, with the Harwich redoubt close by.
		In 1853, following an extensive overview of national defences, the only area of the Beacon Hill fortifications that it was deemed was worthwhile was the redoubt, which was comprehensively rearmed in the 1860’s, in the light of the renewed threat of French invasion.
		As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the Beacon Hill defences were considered obsolete and outdated, and work on a new fort began.
	www.undergroundkent.co.uk /beacon_hill_fort.htm (538 words)

	Nicholas Jacob Architects - The Redoubt, Harwich
		We have also worked with the Harwich Society on proposals to extend the Lifeboat museum.
		We have carried out alterations to provide disabled access, with Heritage Lottery support - The Electric Palace in Harwich, England, is one of the oldest working cinemas in the world.
		The cinema first opened its doors on Wednesday 29th November 1911, It was built by travelling showman Charles Thurston and designed by architect Harold Hooper.
	www.njarchitects.co.uk /The_Redoubt.htm (271 words)

	Towers Harwich at Local.co.uk
		The Rough Towers Fort Specifications: Approx 10 miles off the Harwich seafront, the Rough Towers was the first of originally 4 naval forts designed by G.Maunsell to protect the Thames Estuary.
		The Military Museum of Sussex is housed in the restored Napoleonic Redoubt Fortress on Eastbourne seafront.
		Making History Redoubt fortresses and Martello towers Richard Callaghan, curator of the Redoubt Fortress Museum at Eastbourne, discussed the history of the coastal fortifications built to keep Napoleon out.
	www.local.co.uk /Harwich/Towers (489 words)

	Todays Kings German Legion (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		However, many troops were shipped home and their port of entry into the UK was Harwich.
		The residents of Harwich and neighbouring Dovercourt took the soldiers in and nursed some back to health, although unfortunately many of them died.
		During the re-enactment weekend at the Harwich Redoubt in August 2000, a group of re-enactors representing the Kings German Legion, Kings German Artillery and British Infantry troops, marched the two miles from the Redoubt to the churchyard, and laid a wreath on the grave.
	www.kingsgermanlegion.org.uk /allsaintschurch.htm (243 words)

	Redoubt Fort, Harwich - East of England - UK Attraction
		Redoubt Fort, Harwich - East of England - UK Attraction
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		The Redoubt Fort is an impressive 180ft in diameter and was built in 1808 to protect the harbour from Napoleonic invasion.
	www.ukattraction.com /east-of-england/redoubt-fort.htm (198 words)

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