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The Skegness we know today began in the sixteenth century when residents of the old Skegness were forced to rebuild their settlement after the sea swalloed their village.

In the fifth and sixth centuries saxon raiders attacked the shores of the Lincolnshire coast, these invaders were closley followed by the Danes. In 878 A.D. the danes launched a full scale invasion landing somewhere near Skegness.

The name Skegness comes from the scandinavian 'Skeggi' which translated means 'the bearded one' it is theorized that 'Skegi' was the name of the leader of the Viking invaders.

The coastal strip on which Skegness sits was for thousands of years the centre of the Salt Industry and salterns have been uncovered in the town.

The old village of Skegness had a small but busy harbour, and until Skegness was linked by rail coal was landed on the beach.

At the time this strerch of coast was synonymous with smuggling, and the bar of the, still trading, Vine Hotel was said to be a hive of illegal Smuggling activity. This has led to many stories of the ghosts of smugglers and pirates haunting the Vine, now a Best Weston Hotel.

The development of modern Skegness can be attributed to the 9th earl of Scarbrough who laid the foundations of the town in the 1870s when the railway arrived in the town.

After the war the seashore was purchased by the Urban Council which made way for the development that has led to the Skegness we now know and love.