Historic prints of Creeksea, Althorne, Southminster, Tillingham and Ostend

Burnham and the Dengie 100

Gallery of old prints - page 2

Historic prints of Creeksea, Althorne, Southminster, Tillingham and Ostend. All these antique pictures are from photographic postcards produced around the turn of the 19th/20th century. They are all from the collection of Michael Head, a well known postcard collector from Burnham-on-Crouch. Due to their great age, many of the old prints were badly faded or damaged but these images have all been carefully restored by Matt & Gloss photography, who are well known in the area for their antique photo restoration service.

10 - Althorne

11 - Althorne

12 - Althorne

Here are 3 pictures of Althorne and 2 of Southminster (the only other town on the Dengie peninsula). Creeksea Place (also spelt Cricksea, Cryxhey and Crixey) was originally built in 1569, but much of that was destroyed in 1740 and most of the current building dates from the 19th century.

13 - Creeksea Place

14 - Southminster

15 - Southminster

Ostend was a small hamlet between Burnham and Creeksea and still exists on some maps. The 2 pictures of Tillingham show significant changes in the buildings and trees between the dates.

16 - Ostend

17 - Tillingham-1862

18 - Tillingham-1916

The images on this site are available in a variety of formats both digital and printed. There are also more pictures in this collection for you to choose from. The "sepia" colouring has been added after restoration and they are also available in their original black and white form.

Email burnham@lovethepictures.co.uk for more information