Southend

Southend, an Essex watering-place, at the mouth of the Thames estuary, 42 miles E. of London. Dating from a visit here of Queen Caroline and the Princess Charlotte in 1804, it was in great part built by Sir S. Morton Peto (1809-89), has a public hall (1872), a new pier, over a mile in length, with tramway and concert-room, and in 1899 it was proposed to reclaim enough of the foreshore for a handsome promenade. Pop. (1851) 2462; (1871) 4561; (1881) 7979; (1891) 12,333.