Little Book of Essex

Did you know?- In the eleventh century, Edward the Confessor banished nightingales from the royal palace at Havering-atte-Bower because their singing disturbed his devotions. - In 1913, Benny Hucks of Stansted Mountfitchet was the first person to perform a loop-the-loop in an aircraft. - On Boxing Day 1946, Hatfield Heath villagers challenged local German and Italian POWs to a football match and lost 11 0. - Brentwood was the first town in Britain to install CCTV. A compendium of frivolity, a reference book of little-known facts and a wacky guide to one of England's most colourful counties, The Little Book of Essex is packed full of entertaining, bite-sized pieces of historic and contemporary trivia that come together to make essential reading for visitors and locals alike. Dip in randomly, or read consecutively there are no rules. Be amused and amazed at the stories and history of Essex's landscape, heritage, buildings and, above all, its people.