The corn-growing county of Essex was home to over 200 windmills at the peak of the milling indust...

Did you know that aspersions are always cast, umbrage is always taken and the only thing that's m...

The story of Count Dracula, the blood-sucking vampire of Bram Stoker's classic gothic horror nove...

Stephen Varley is back - but so are the witches!Novelist Stephen Varley receives a letter out-of-...

Essex is a remarkable county with a fascinating history, but how well do you know it?This fun, ea...

Ashingdon and South Fambridge are two neighbouring historic parishes in the Rochford District of ...

Offers a fresh look at this market town. This book covers a chronological history of Rayleigh, fr...

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A history of Southend

Secret City of Southend explores the lesser-known history of the town of Southend through a fasci...

The modern city of Southend-on-Sea has come a long way since its eighteenth-century origins as an...