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Secret City of Southend
Southend-on-Sea was only developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when it became a popular seaside resort, but behind its façade lie many little-known and fascinating …
Leigh-on-Sea 1921
Southend in 50 Buildings
Southend-on-Sea is a comparatively modern town. Its origins date to only the eighteenth century, but its geographical spread encompasses six historic parishes: Prittlewell, …
Return to Cannow's End
Dedham, Flatford and East Bergholt: A Pictorial History
Dedham, Flatford and East Bergholt are most famous today for their connections with John Constable whose father owned the mills at Dedham and Flatford. Many of his paintings depict …
A History of Ashingdon & South Fambridge
Rayleigh: A History
Rayleigh owes its origins to the flints on Hambro Hill, which attracted its first human residents as long ago as the Stone Age. In Saxon times the focus moved to the area covered …
An Essex Quiz Book
Essex is a remarkable county with a fascinating history, but how well do you know it?This fun, easy-to-use book contains 500 quiz questions in 50 rounds which are designed to test …
Single-context Words
Did you know that aspersions are always cast, umbrage is always taken and the only thing that's madding is a crowd?All this and more can be explored in Single-context Words: A …
Hadleigh Past
Hadleigh has watched over the River Thames since the early 13th century. Together with the Royal Park the castle brought much activity to the village. The little Norman church is …
Dracula - The Essex Connection!
The story of Count Dracula, the blood-sucking vampire of Bram Stoker's classic gothic horror novel and the subsequent star of a multitude of stage and film presentations, is …
A History of Southend
From 18th-century origins as the ‘South End’ of Prittlewell parish, the town has grown over 300 years to include six formerly separate parishes—Prittlewell, Southchurch, Leigh, …