Creeksea

Creeksea
Path along sea wall from Creeksea towards Burnham
Creeksea Location within Essex
OS grid reference	TQ927963
Civil parish	Burnham-on-Crouch
District	Maldon
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Burnham on Crouch
Postcode district	CM0 8
Dialling code	01621
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Maldon
List of places UK England Essex 51°37′59″N0°46′59″E / 51.633°N 0.783°E / 51.633; 0.783

Creeksea is a village in the civil parish of Burnham-on-Crouch, in the Maldon district of Essex, England. It is on the Dengie peninsula on the north side of the River Crouch, one mile west of Burnham-on-Crouch.

History

Royal Air Force fast rescue boats and a Royal Navy motor torpedo boat flotilla operated from Creeksea during World War II.^{[ citation needed ]}

Creeksea Place Manor, a large red brick house built c. 1569 by Sir Arthur Harris stands in the village. ^[1]

Many variations of Creeksea are found in old documents including Cricksea, Crykseye and Crixsey.^{[ citation needed ]}

Creeksea was an ancient parish in the Dengie Hundred of Essex. The parish was abolished in 1934 and most of its area was absorbed into the parish of Burnham, apart from an uninhabited are of 15 acres (6 hectares) which went instead to Canewdon. ^[2] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the civil parish), Creeksea had a population of 76. ^[3]

Port

Navigation on the River Crouch at Creeksea is governed by the Crouch Harbour Authority. ^[4] There are 2 berths at Creeksea operated by Baltic Wharves, ^[5]

Local amenities

Established in 1957, Creeksea Sailing Club has launching facilities on the River Crouch. ^[6] The local public house is the Greyhound. There is a golf course in the village.

Religious sites

The local church is All Saints, in the Diocese of Chelmsford. The church was built in the 14th century and then rebuilt in 1878. ^[7]

References

1. "Burnham on Crouch Online". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
2. "Relationships and changes Creeksea AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
3. "Population statistics Creeksea AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
4. "Background – crouchharbour.uk". Crouch. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
5. "Port of Creeksea, U.K." findaport.com. Shipping Guides Ltd. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
6. "Creeksea Sailing Club" . Retrieved 9 November 2008.
7. "Creeksea Church at Burnham on Crouch Online". Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2008.

External links

• Information and photographs of Creeksea
• The history of Creeksea Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine