St Vincent Road, Clacton-on-Sea
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St Vincent Road, Clacton-on-Sea
Image: © Duncan Graham Taken: 31 Jan 2018
Residential street leading off seafront; photographed from promenade on Marine Parade West. St Vincent Road leads to the junction of Wash Lane, Kings Road and Freeland Road. Named after John Jervis, first Earl of St Vincent (1735 - 1823), First Lord of the Admiralty, who played a role in the defeat of Napoleon. This and neighbouring streets were named with Nelson associations: Nelson Road, Trafalgar Road, Collingwood Road. On Ordnance Survey maps, St Vincent Road is at the western edge of grid square TM 1714 and just edges into TM 1614. [Source of details on Earl of St Vincent: "Nelson: A Personal History" by Christopher Hibbert, 1994].
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Image Location
Latitude
51.783805
Longitude
1.145259