Brightlingsea is a coastal town and an electoral ward in the Tendring district of Essex, England.
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Brightlingsea is a limb of Sandwich, one of the Cinque Ports.
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Brightlingsea was for many years twinned with French oyster fishery port Marennes, Charente-Maritime, but the relationship fell into disuse.
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Brightlingsea sits on a promontory surrounded by the River Colne and its associated marshes and creeks, and was settled from an early date.
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Wars Against France During the wars against Revolutionary France and Napoleon Brightlingsea was a base for the men and boats of the Essex Sea Fencibles, though in 1809 they disgraced themselves by pirating oysters from the River Crouch.
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Church of New JerusalemBrightlingsea was one of the first places outside the major towns to have a chapel for the doctrines of the Swedish religious mystic Emmanuel Swedenborg.
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Many Brightlingsea fishermen were drowned, especially on the Dutch coast; their names are recorded in the frieze of tiles inside All Saints' Church.
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Age of the Big YachtsBetween 1860 and 1939 Brightlingsea was the winter laying-up and repair station for many large steam yachts owned by the wealthy, and many local men served in their crews, such as Captains Wringe, French and Sycamore.
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In 1984 Brightlingsea Wharf was used to import coal during the Miners' Strike, and up to a dozen ships could be seen out in the river waiting to unload at Wivenhoe.
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Brightlingsea port came to national prominence again in the 1990s with an attempt to use the port again for a controversial cargo.
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Brightlingsea Sailing Club runs a competitive sailing programme and has produced many champions at international and Olympic level.
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