Canvey Island: The King Canute
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Canvey Island: The King Canute
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Mar 2011
The pub was built as "The Red Cow", replacing an earlier wooden building near the roadside, but was renamed as "The King Canute" after its slightly elevated position in the old hamlet of Canvey made it the ideal location as a headquarters building for the rescue forces immediately after the catastrophic flood of 1953.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.520023
Longitude
0.564508
