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Clacton-on Sea Golf Club, Essex. (1892 - 1896)
The first nine-hole course appeared in 1892 and was located two minutes from the Towers Hotel.
Due to housing developments in the 1890s the club needed to find land for a new course.
The club moved to its current location 1896.
Advert for the club in December 1892.
Essex Standard Saturday 31 December 1892. Public domain.
From the Essex Standard Saturday 25 March 1893; “The club is steadily increasing in numbers and is likely to have a large addition shortly. The first quarterly meeting takes place next month. There will be competitions for the monthly medal. Several prizes are offered, and it is expected there will be a good display.”
Competition results from December 1893.
Golf Friday 5 January 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Result of the March 1894 monthly medal.
East Anglian Daily Times Wednesday 7 March 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The first competition for the Ashford Cup in May 1894.
Golf Friday18 May 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Whitsuntide meeting in May 1894.
Golf Friday 25 May 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Visit of the Earl of Warwick in June 1894.
Golf Friday 22 June 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Advert in November 1894.
Golf Friday23 November 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Competition results from December 1895.
Golf Friday23 November 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Competitions played in April 1895.
Golf Friday 3 May 1895. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Competition results and annual meeting in June 1895.
Essex Standard Saturday8 June 1895. Public domain.
In May 1896 the club played the Whitsuntide Competitions on the new course at Alton Park Marshes.
The Towers Hotel in the early 1900s.
Ordnance Survey Map from the 1890s showing the Towers Hotel. The development of roads and housing can be seen around the hotel.
O.S. Map Revised 1896; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1898}.