Landermere Wharf, sometimes called Landermere Quay, is a former dock area suitable for lying at anchor in the

Tendring Tendring is a village and civil parish in Essex. It gives its name to the Tendring District and before that the Tendring Hundred. Its name was given to the larger groupings because it was at the centre, not because it was larger than the othe ...

district of

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, England. The wharf was first used in the

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, and was sold in 1760 to

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. The main cargo was coal, corn and Scandinavian wood. The area had a

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in 1292, which was rebuilt in 1493, but no trace remains now. In 1954 resident artists

Eduardo Paolozzi Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi (, ; 7 March 1924 – 22 April 2005) was a Scottish artist, known for his sculpture and graphic works. He is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of pop art. Early years Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi was born on 7 M ...

and

Nigel Henderson (artist) Nigel Graeme Henderson (1 April 1917 – 15 May 1985) was an English documentary artist, and photographer. Life He was born on 1 April 1917 to Kenneth Henderson and Winifred Ellen Henderson (née Lester). Henderson's parents divorced when he w ...

established

Hammer Prints Limited Hammer Prints Limited was a company founded in 1954 by Nigel Henderson and Eduardo Paolozzi. History Founded on 5 August 1954, Hammer Prints Ltd was established: "To purchase, sell, manufacture, hire or act as agents for the sale of textile ...

, which traded their designs for wallpapers, textiles and ceramics from premises there until 1975. It is now primarily a small residential hamlet in the administrative area of

Thorpe-le-Soken Thorpe-le-Soken is a village and civil parish in the Tendring District, Tendring district of Essex, England. It is located east of Colchester, west of Walton-on-the-Naze and Frinton-on-Sea, and north of Clacton-on-Sea. History Since 2002, arch ...

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