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of Southend
surrounding developments werecomplet- ed by 1793. The first railway line reached Southend
in around 1855, and Southend Station was opened in 1856. The first line went from Fenchurch Street Station to Southend, via Tilbury. Alarge area to the south of the line was developed into Clifftown by the Banks and Barry firm of architects (designers of the Houses of Parliament). The area, completed 1870, had several classes of property from first class houses on the clifffacing the sea, to fourth class proper- ties on the northernside of the estate. In 1842 Southend became aparish in
its own right when the parish church of Southend, St John’s, was consecrated, and in 1866 Southend was formed into a local BoardofHealth which did every- thing from cleaning streets and oversee- ing planning regulations, to health mat- ters, and even creating the area’sfirst
Volunteer FireBrigade in 1877. After the passing of the Bank Holiday
Act in 1870, thousands of people began descending on Southend, particulary on the fist Monday in August. This led to the creation of amusements on the seafront and anew pier which was built in the mid 1880’s. AMunicipal Borough was created in 1892, when the area’spopulation had risen to around 12,000. To mark the occasion, schoolchildren in the area were given aspecial Charter Day medal, and a ceremonial procession was held on the pier.
Southend was awarded County
Borough status in 1914, and acoat of arms was created using the two main elements central to its history –the church and the sea. This is emphasised by the motto on the coat of arms which reads “Per MarePer Ecclessiam” –By the Sea and By the Church.
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