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Harwich and Mistley Towers in Essex

Harwich is a town in Essex on the North Sea coast. Its position on the estuaries of the Stour and Orwell rivers with its usefulness to mariners as a safe anchorage between the Thames and the Humber, led to a long period of civil and maritime significance. the town became a naval base in 1657 and was heavily fortified with Harwich Redoubt fort ,Beacon Hill Battery, and Bath side Battery Harwich is the likely launch point of the Mayflower which carried Puritans to North America and is presumed the birthplace of the Mayflower Captain Christopher Jones Mistley Towers are the twin towers of the now demolished Church of St Mary the virgin at Mistley in Essex. the original Georgian parish church on the site had been a classical style in the 18th century