Clacton-on-Sea
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Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea, town, Essex, E central England. It is a seaside resort situated on high cliffs. The Norman Church of St. John was restored there in 1865. Clacton-on-Sea is the area from which Clactonian tools, early flake instruments dating back to the early Interglacial stage, get their name.
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Clacton
, Clacton-on-Sea a town and resort in SE England, in E Essex. Pop.: 51 284 (2001)
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