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THE HISTORY OF OLD WINCHELSEA IBD

DAVID EP DENNIS
05 / 2023
9798223316343
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Sinopsis

The medieval town of Old Winchelsea was destroyed by a great storm in 1287. Remarkably, it lasted for several hundred years on a shingle bank in the middle of Rye Bay in Sussex, England. This book describes the formation of the town, its incredible history of seaborne heroism, privateering and piracy, and its final destruction along with Dunwich in Suffolk, Old Romney, and Broomhill ináa hurricane-like tide of massive proportions. The book describes the authorâÇÖs two years of research into all of the causes of the climate change that led to the townâÇÖs demise. In recent times nuclear power stations have been built close to the site of Old Winchelsea and Dunwich. The author questions our readiness to cope with deadly storm surges in the face of global warming and sea level rises. The loss of this bustling town with its seven hundredáhomes, fifty inns, prisons, churches, salt pans, tide mills, royal apartments, and shipyards, is a salutary lesson for us today. What is the point of studying historyáif we donâÇÖt learn from it?

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