Frinton-on-Sea's a small seaside town in the Tendring District of Essex, England. It's part of the Parish of Frinton and Walton. History Until late Victorian times Frinton was a church, several farms and a handful of cottages. In the 1890s, the original developer of the town, Peter Bruff, was bought out by R Powell Cooper, who'd already laid out the golf course. Powell Cooper rejected Bruff's plans for a pier, stipulated the quality of housing to be built and prohibited boarding houses and pubs… (More on Frinton-on-sea)