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1. • • Essex has had a long history of water-serpent myths. The number of these stories may be because it boasts the longest coastline in England (350 miles), indented with hundreds of water inlets and estuaries. The region is tidal, meaning that the acres of salt marsh, swampy and unstable ground, fill with water twice a day and shift constantly.
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   Why are there so many water-serpent myths in Essex?

   • Essex has had a long history of water-serpent myths. The number of these stories may be because it boasts the in England (350 miles), indented with hundreds of water inlets and estuaries.

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   Is the Essex Serpent based on a true story?

   • In Sarah Perry’s award-winning novel (and now Apple TV+ adaptation) The Essex Serpent, the fictional village of Aldwinter has been haunted by a myth for decades. And when an earthquake rocks the town to its core, there’s worry among its residents that a malicious sea serpent has been reawakened. But is this serpent based on a real myth?

   The Monster In The Essex Serpent Was Inspired By A Real Local Legend

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   Is the Essex Serpent a goth story?

   • The Essex Serpent might seem at first like a classic Victorian gothic tale, but the show’s themes and characters are firmly rooted in the dark myths and history of Essex. Essex has had a long history of water-serpent myths.

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   Is there a flying serpent in Essex?

   • The Flying Serpent isn’t the only mythological creature prowling the Essex countryside. According to author Liz Trenow, there’s an earlier myth of a dragon terrorising the villagers of Bures and Wormingford near Colchester.

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   Where is the Essex serpent set?

   • ‘The Essex Serpent’ is set in north east Essex. Sarah Perry perfectly captures the feeling of this part of the county as a relative backwater in the late Victorian period. ‘What good is Colchester?’ asks a metropolitan character. Perry brings alive the spirit of the landscape of small towns, villages, pink-painted houses, estuaries and marshes.

   The Historic Places Behind ‘The Essex Serpent’

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   Is the serpent a'skin of a Viking'?

   • AA78/01450. When referring to an odd (fictional) carving of the Serpent in a church, the characters mention that it can’t compete with another more gruesome eastern counties curiosity, which is the supposed ‘skin of a Viking’ nailed to the door of Hadsctock church (in Essex but closer to Cambridge).

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   May 18, 2022 · Essex has had a long history of water-serpent myths. The number of these stories may be because it boasts the longest coastline in England (350 miles), indented with hundreds of water inlets and estuaries.

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   May 17, 2022 · The Flying Serpent isn’t the only mythological creature prowling the Essex countryside. According to author Liz Trenow, there’s an earlier myth of a dragon terrorising the villagers of Bures ...

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7. heritagecalling.com › 2022/05/12 › the-historicThe Historic Places Behind ‘The Essex Serpent’

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   May 12, 2022 · The wreck of the Leviathan outside the fictional ‘Aldwinter’ stands for the many blackened wrecks in estuaries and inter-tidal coastal areas that you can find around and off Essex. Historic England’s maritime records recount the fate of vessels lost off Maldon. Boat wreck on the Blackwater at Maldon. © CandyAppleRed Images / Alamy Stock ...

8. www.newstatesman.com › culture › 2016Snakes on a plain: the gloriously eerie boglands of Essex Serpent

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   Jul 19, 2016 · And beneath it all is something far more insidious and inexplicable: persistent rumours and sightings of a winged serpent out in the moiling salt waters and sparse marshes of the Blackwater Estuary. The characters reflect these disparate strands.

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   Folklore of a flying serpent, or dragon, stalking an inland Essex village date back to the mid-17th century. “I think the landscape inspired the story, and the myth of the Essex serpent is a real myth,” says Barnard. “And that’s what inspired Sarah Perry to write the novel.

10. www.bbc.com › news › uk-england-essex-61430144The Essex Serpent author's pride at 'beautiful and ancient Essex'

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    The author of The Essex Serpent has spoken of her "mischievous pride" at how the book and new TV series reveals Essex as "beautiful and ancient".