Books about Essex
Essex Society for Family History
BOOKS ABOUT ESSEX TOWNS AND VILLAGES M-W
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London's
Lea Valley: Britain's Best Kept Secret J. Lewis A celebration of the unique contribution to industrial development made by the Lea Valley and it's workforce.Covers the lives of many famous and fascinating people contributing to the commercial wealth of this region. |
Ref: 20568 |
UK £17.40 |
EU: £18.80 |
O'seas £21.20 |
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London's
Lea Valley: More Secrets
Revealed J Lewis This book continues the history of the Lea Valley from the first volume |
Ref: 20589 |
UK £17.90 |
EU: £19.00 |
O'seas £21.60 |
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Leigh-on-Sea - A History Judith Williams A history of the Township |
Ref: 20588 |
UK £18.50 |
EU: £19.90 |
O'seas £22.50 |
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Maldon
& the Blackwater Estuary:
A Pictorial History John Marriage An ancient town at the head of the Blackwater estuary established in AD 916. This book is a collection of pictures and illustrations of Maldon and the estuary from Victorian times to the 1950s, showing some of the people who lived and worked in those times, and their leisure activities. |
Ref: 20569 |
UK £16.40 |
EU: £17.60 |
O'seas £19.80 |
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Growing
up in North Ockendon M. Crabtree Recollections of life as a child in North Ockendon where the writer was born in1928. Descriptions deal with events up to 1945. |
Ref: 20861 |
UK £7.20 |
EU: £7.80 |
O'seas £8.30 |
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Grandfather's
Romford H J Crosley Memories of a market town and it's surroudings in the early years of this century illustrated with postcards from the collection of Donald Law. |
Ref: 20862 |
UK £8.20 |
EU: £8.90 |
O'seas £9.50 |
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Saffron
Walden - A Pictorial History Martyn Everett and Howard Newman A Pictorial History. An ancient market town which prospered in Tudor times with the cultivation of saffron. Much of the Tudor town survives as this illustrated account reveals with rare photographs. |
Ref: 20577 |
UK £16.80 |
EU: £18.00 |
O'seas £20.60 |
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Sible Headingham Adrian Corder-Birch A pictorial history of this Essex village |
Ref: 20421 |
UK £6.20 |
EU: £7.10 |
O'seas £8.20 |
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South
Woodham Ferrers: A Pictorial History J. Frankland A modern new town rather than a settlement with any history, it's origins lie in the railway age. It's life as a village spans little more than a century. It's history is revealed by careful research by the author and the Local History Society. |
Ref: 20572 |
UK £16.40 |
EU: £17.70 |
O'seas £20.00 |
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Southend-on-Sea
: A Pictorial History J Payne A pictorial history with descriptions of Southend-on- Sea from prehistoric times showing it's early development as a select resort in the 18th century, followed by the coming of the railway and the dramatic change to a popular holiday town for Londoners. |
Ref: 20573 |
UK £14.40 |
EU: £15.60 |
O'seas £18.00 |
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Witham
- A Pictorial History John Marriage, A pictorial history of Witham,Kelvedon, Hatfield Peverel, Silver End and Rivenhall. The selection of carefully captioned old pictures illuminates a readable account of the history of the area. |
Ref: 20579 |
UK £16.80 |
EU: £18.30 |
O'seas £21.10 |
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Wivenhoe
& Brightlingsea Railway P Brown A history of the east coast line from it's opening in 1866 to it's closure in 1964. A social chronicle of this corner of Essex as well as a history of a branch line. |
Ref: 20520 |
UK £11.40 |
EU: £12.60 |
O'seas £14.10 |