Tillingham
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Tillingham is a village and civil parish on the Dengie Peninsula in the Maldon District of Essex, England. It is located 8 miles from Burnham-on-Crouch and 3 miles south-west of Bradwell-on-Sea. At th
St Nicholas' Church
The village sign in Tillingham, showing the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in London, referencing the cathedral's local land-holdings
Tillingham Post Office, Essex
Fox and Hounds, Tillingham, Essex
The War of the Worlds
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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells about an attempted invasion of Earth by beings from the planet Mars with much greater intelligence and more advanced weap
Tillingham
…Clacton and Bradwell-on-Sea are especially dry, with as little as 400mm of rain per year. Tillingham is mentioned on page 174 of the H. G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds. It is the place where the narrator's brother arrives at the coast following his escape from London during the Martian invasion. The full novel was…
1898 UK first edition
First Martian emerging from the cylinder that had fallen from the sky. Illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa for the 1906 edition.
Martians discharging Heat-Rays in the Thames Valley, illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa for the 1906 edition.
The Martians launch a cylinder to start their attack on Earth, illustration by Henrique Alvim Corrêa for the 1906 edition, showing "canals" on Mars.