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Southend Timeline - Southend-on-sea. Southend-on-Sea has seen many great changes since its early beginnings in the middle ages with a few fishermens huts at the south end of Prittlewell. South End expanded in the 18th century with the building of a new town along the cliffs. With the arrival of the railway, almost a century later, the town was subject to further expansion. Day-trippers from inner city areas such as London flocked to the seaside and Southend became a popular Holiday town.In the l