HYTHE QUAY, HAWKINS RD., HYTHE STATION RD., HYTHE STATION, BACK LANE, EAST COLCHESTER, ESSEX.

DATE OF RECCE: SUMMER, 2004, MAY, 2005, SUMMER, 2006

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HISTORY & INTRODUCTION.........

THE HYTHE IS SITUATED TO THE EAST OF COLCHESTER, AND IS THE AREA SURROUNDING THE RIVER COLNE. THE WORD "HYTHE" ORIGINATES FROM THE SAXON WORD MEANING "LANDING PLACE". IT WOULD BE FAIR TO ASSUME THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PORT HERE SINCE ROMAN TIMES, AND PROBABLY EARLIER, ESPECIALLY AS COLCHESTER WAS ORIGINALLY THE ROMAN CAPITAL OF GREAT BRITAIN, MAKING THE HYTHE AREA IDEAL FOR TRADE & SUPPLIES BY BOAT, TO & FROM EUROPE. ONCE a THRIVING AREA, NOW THE HYTHE HAS SLOWLY BUT SURELY SLIPPED INTO DECLINE, AND RARELY RECEIVES ANY DELIVERIES OR TRADE VIA THE RIVER. MOST OF THE OLD QUAYSIDE WAREHOUSES HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE HANDFUL OF REMAINING, MOSTLY VICTORIAN, ARE IN A POOR STATE OF REPAIR. IF NOTHING IS DONE TO PROTECT & PRESERVE THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, THEY WILL BE LOST TO THE RAVAGES OF TIME, THE WEATHER, OR TO THE DEVELOPERS. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM MY VISITS TO THIS AREA, ALREADY YET ANOTHER HISTORIC WAREHOUSE HAS BEEN BULLDOZED, YET AGAIN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WASTED TO RETAIN PART OF THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA. THERE ARE PLANS AFOOT TO RE-GENERATE THE HYTHE, AND THIS HAS ALREADY BEGUN, BUT SURELY THERE IS A WAY AND IS ROOM WITHIN SUCH PROJECTS, TO KEEP THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THIS AREA, WITHOUT IT BECOMING JUST ANOTHER RIVERSIDE DEVELOPMENT!!! ONCE YOU'VE CHECKED-OUT THESE PICTURES, PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES ON THE NEARBY KING EDWARD QUAY. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE GUYS AT COSMOS / LATE CUT BARBERS FOR ACCESS INTO THEIR WAREHOUSE -PLENTY OF HEADROOM!!!

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