The Little Book of Essex
2025
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New edition
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80399-965-4 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80399-965-4 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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.
DEE GORDON is a former recruitment executive and the author of a number of Essex titles including Southend Memories, Infamous Essex Women and Essex’s Own. She lives in Westcliff-on-Sea.
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
1. Towns and Villages, Streets and Buildings
2. Battles and Wars
3. Royal Essex
4. Crime and Punishment
5. The People, Famous and not so
6. Essex at Work
7. Fishing and Farming, Food and Fluids
8. Essex at Play
9. Transport on and Above the Ground
10. Death and Religion
11. Natural History
12. Rivers and Coast
13. On This Day
Acknowledgements
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.05.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte | |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80399-965-9 / 1803999659 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80399-965-4 / 9781803999654 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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