Canvey Island

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Canvey Island (area 18.45 sq km; pop. 37,000) is an island in the River Thames estuary off the coast of Essex, England. It is also the name of the town on that island, though this is sometimes shortened to Canvey.

The name Canvey is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means "Cana's island". It was first recorded in manorial records of 1255 as Caneveye. The island is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but sheep grazing marshland lying to the south of the county is mentioned extensively. Geologically, Canvey Island was originally part of the mainland, then the coastline broke up into smaller pieces, and the modern island is made up of five of those pieces.

In 1791, 1881 and 1897 the whole island was almost completely submerged due to extensive flooding of the River Thames. More modern sea defences have now been installed, and are maintained regularly. However, in 1953 the great North Sea flood hit the island and caused the deaths of 58 people.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvey_Island
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Coordinates:   51°31'39"N   0°34'22"E

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