European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                C visitors to Dunwich look out at old Devil sea which washed away the old City and is taking a toll of three feet of coastline by Robert staff writer photos by Gene Bane legend cd the lost Atlantis is one that has captivated the imagination of Man through the and the tiny Village of harbours an Atlantis legend All its a bustling City of inhabitants Back in in Dunwich today has a Popula Tion of its past those of vanished beneath the located on the shores of the North a in East not far from Ben Waters air Dunwich in the 13th Century was England greatest port North of Lon Don and each year dispatched a Fleet of 20 vessels to the Remote icelandic a great storm in 1386 carried some 400 houses out to sea and washed away a Mammoth chunk of the Dunwich gradual erosion Over the years taken care of the the Dunwich of medieval Metropolis with eight three monasteries and a great five Miles out from the present Only its most Westerly fringe remains above water for hundreds of years the relentless Waves have been pounding away at the crumbling Cliffs and even today sea erosion takes a toll of three feet of Dunwich coast line a 13th Century Saxon map in the tiny Village Platte of be cute of mute evidence of the destruction the angry Waves have More than 80 per cent of the once proud City represented on the no longer the Saga of the history books Tell begins in the 7th Century when the Saxon King Siegbert brought from Burgundy the first Bishop to be Conse crated in East this by christianity to this dark Corner of Brit Ain and catholics to this present Day celebrate the annual feast of Felix with open air mass in 12 Siegbert brought other teachers to ancient Dunwich and the City became a Cen Ter of a school was founded to which some historians Trace the origin of Cambridge the fortunes of Dunwich were closely connected with the Rise and fall of the nearby aide which forever was Silt ing it was this same that raised the City to its greatest Mak ing it a port equal if not Superior to Lon Don and England most important link with the even in the old City the Ever recurrent theme occurs owned two Caru Cates of now the sea carried the other from 1272 to 1832 Dunwich had two members sitting in parliament and in the reign of Henry built and equipped at its own expense for the 11 warships each manned by 70 local historian Edwin the curator of the Little Village has spent 60 of his 83 years in we had a great City Here once but now were a Parish curator Clark said sadly were the lowest rung on Thev Dunwich has Only one Church today and one Barne visitors come from All Over to Sun Bathe on the quiet Beach and clamber among the few remaining the last great building to succumb to the Waves was the Church of All saints which crumbled in the mid18th part of the venerable Church remained on the Cliff overlooking the sea and served As a landmark for passing it was taken Down Stone by Stone and reelected in the churchyard of the modern James in 1923 where it remains to this the cites seven other churches lie buried beneath the Waves and the legend has it that on wintry nights the Bells can still be heard tolling out at the stars and stripes k this is All that remains of a