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Essex Society for Family History

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Castle Headingham - Pictures from the Past

 

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, J Barging into Chelmsford  
John
Marriage

The story of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. The owners proposed to link Maldon and Chelmsford in 1793 and the navigation opened in 1796.
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Chelmsford - A History     

D Jones

The story of the County Town from the begining to Roman times through its development as a small market town to its modern industrial pre-eminence.
 
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Clacton at War 1939-1945
Clacton VCH Group

The story of ordinary people living through the Second World War compiled by six volunteers in collaboration with the Victoria County History of Essex. The transistory population was no longer holiday makers but members of the armed services
 
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Clacton on Sea  - A Pictorial History
N Jacobs
This book looks briefly at the past of Great Clacton but deals mainly with the new town Clacton- on-Sea. A pictorial portrayal showing the growth from it's beginnings to it's height as one of the leading seaside resorts in the 1920s and 30s and then it's postwar decline.
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Colchester – A History
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Andrew Phillips

The history of Colchester from Roman times to the present day

 

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Vintage Steam Owners and Operators of Colne Valley
 R A Harding
A history of agricultural  mechanisation from the middle of the last century. It records progress and the adaptation to changing conditions and social conditions. Includes information and photographs about the owners and workers of these machines.
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Dedham, Flatford, and East Bergholt  

The history of these John Consatble area villages
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Epping & Ongar: A Pictorial History
S Pewsey
Includes North Weald Bassett, Theydon Bois and Abridge. A well researched narrative and good selection of illustrations. This is a readable account of the past in an area steeped in history. 
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Fordham, Essex  
Fordham LHS 

A photograph Album 
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Fordham - This Barren Land
Pat Lewis

The story of the "Lady Huntingdon Connection" in this Essex Village
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Frinton & Walton: A Pictorial History
N Jacobs

A pictorial account of the past in Frinton and Walton. This will be of interest to both residents and holidaymakers.

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Grays Thurrock – A History
 
Brian Evans
The book traces the development of Thurrock  and the former villages  of Tilbury and Grays etc which have now merged into the town of  Grays Thurrock - a major port and the new lowest crossing of the Thames with its tunnels and bridge which carry the M25 traffic between Essex and Kent.
 
 

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Great Hallingbury -
When the busy world was hushed
  
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A History of Great Yeldham      
Halstead Local History Society
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