Links

These links take you to  related websites. They may be helpful if you can't find what you're looking for here.

If you would like to be added to this list or come across a broken link, please e-mail the webmaster.

 

Essex Information Sites

This Is Essex - A joint website venture between several Essex newspapers - lots of information.

Essex County Council - The County Council's website, promoting Essex and giving information.

Essex, England, UK - A tourism site, with points of interest, places to stay, etc.

 

Essex Book Publishers

Good Local History Book Publishers, with titles on specific Essex places, include...

  • Alan Sutton Publishing

If you are a publisher of Essex books and would like to be added to his list, please e-mail the webmaster.

 

Some Essex Books

Here is a list of some classic Essex books for those interested in finding out more about the county's general history. Some of them are out of print, but copies can usually be obtained from secondhand booksellers. (Colchester, Coggeshall and Maldon all have good secondhand book shops where it's possible that they might be obtained.)
The information given is title, author, publisher and ISBN (unique identifying number for the book).

A History of Essex, A.C. Edwards, Phillimore & Co,  0 85033 280 4

Essex in History, Kenneth Neale, Phillimore & Co, 0 85033 292 3

Domesday Book - Essex, John Morris, Phillimore & Co, 0 85033 484 5

The Place-Names of Essex, P.H. Reaney, Cambridge UP, 521 07505 X

Buildings of England - Essex, Nikolaus Pevsner, Penguin, 0 14 071011 6

The King's England - Essex, Arthur Mee, Hodder & Stoughton

Essex Worthies, William Addison, Phillimore & Co, 0 85033 080 7

Map of Essex (1777), John Chapman & Peter André, Phillimore & Co

 

Useful Poetry Links

Southend Poetry Group

The Poetry Society

Poetry Magazines

Open University -- Starting Poetry course

Open University Poets

 

 

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