Essex Collection (#29)

The Hook of Holland Express, Seven Arches Bridge, Essex
The Hook of Holland Express, Seven Arches Bridge, near Brentwood, Essex, England. Great Eastern Railway (Showing interior vignette) Date: 1900s

Thought to be a Gladiator Vintage Car, Southend on Sea, Essex, England. Croxson & Sons Motor Repairing Shop, the bike is possibly a Rex Motorbike Date: 1900s

Vintage Charabanc with Passengers, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Sowing the Invincible Date: 1920s

The Railway Station, White Notley, Essex
The Railway Station, White Notley, Witham, near Braintree, Essex, England. Eastern Counties Railway Date: 1910s

Dodge Brothers Small Charabanc, Essex, England. Date: 1920s

Searls Farm, Foster Street, Essex
Searls Farm, Foster Street, Harlow, Essex, England. Date: 1900s

Passenger Excursion - Grace Darling Lifeboat, Southend on Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1916

The Boulevard, Bournes Green, Essex
The Boulevard, Bournes Green, Southend on Sea, near Basildon, Essex, England. Showing Tram Date: 1910s

Foxhunting, Claydon, Suffolk
Foxhunting, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Essex & Suffolk Foxhounds Date: 1910s

The Beach, Southchurch, Essex
The Beach, Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Date: 1910s

WW2 Christmas card, Balloon Barrage
WW2 Christmas card, 908 Squadron RAF, Balloon Barrage (based in Essex). Date: 1939

British War Dog School, Shoeburyness, 1917
Dogs and their keepers line up at the British War Dog School which was based at Shoeburyness on the Essex coast in 1917. The school was run by Colonel Edwin Richardson

Three American ships at naval commemoration
Three American ships at the Perry Centennial Naval Parade, probably on Lake Erie. They are, from left to right, USS Essex, USS Niagara and USS Wolverine

Dornier Komet II J7276 Martlesham Heath
A Dornier Komet II built as a small airliner for both military and commercial use. J7276 was under evaluation by the RAF at Martlesham Heath in Essex Date: 1924

German boy scouts marching down Whitehall, London, as part of their attendance at an International Patrol Camp at Gilwell Park, Essex

Fire at 13 Essex Road, Islington Green, N1
LFB firefighters in action at the premises of C F Anderson & Sons Ltd, Timber Merchants, 13 Essex Road, Islington Green, N1, on 13 September 1958

Firefighters in aA 4x110 yards relay race
Firefighters in Amateur Athletic Association 4x110 yards senior relay championship final. The winner was D A Hitchman of Birchfield Harriers (C6), second was R Holtum of Belgrave Harriers (B1)

Fire at supply depot, Limmer Wharf, Barking, Essex
Panoramic view of a fire which broke out at a Ministry of Supply depot, Limmer Wharf, Barking, Essex, on 27 October 1947. Seen here is the fire in its early stages

Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 8 September 1940. Two fire floats of the Essex Fire Brigade moored alongside a jetty

Cricket at Clacton-on-Sea
A view across the ground at Clacton-on-Sea during the first County Championship match played there with home team Essex beating Lancashire easily. Date: July 1931

Ilford Fire Station decorated with flags
Ilford Fire Station, Essex, decorated with flags for a special occasion (a coronation or royal jubilee)

Firefighters with Essex County Fire Brigade engine
Firefighters with an Essex County Fire Brigade engine (TLP, turntable ladder pump)

Air Raid over Southend, 1917, WW1
An air raid over Southend-on-Sea in Essex on 12 August 1917 in which 10 men, 13 women and 9 children were killed. The raid was destined for London but intercepted by British planes the German

Colchester station, 1846
Colchester station, pictured when it first opened in 1846. Colchester station was the terminus for the Eastern Union Railway, which began 17 miles away in Ipswich. Date: 1846

General Sir Wm Robertson
GENERAL SIR WM. ROBERTSON, GCB, KCVO, DSO, Col. 2nd Dns. ADC to the King. General Officer Commanding, Eastern Command (late Chief of the Imperial General Staff)

Brigadier-General J B Wroughton, CMG
BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. B. WROUGHTON, CMG. Assistant Adjutant-General to the Adjutant-General, British Armies in France. Captain Lester Howard Sacr鬠 Essex Regiment

Senior Ranked British Army personages of WWI
Sidelights by Sacr鮠 First Series - published by Constable & Co. Ltd. dated 1918, of Senior Ranked British Army personages

WWI group of No 3 Troop Essex Yeomanry - a boxing match
First World War group of No. 3 Troop Essex Yeomanry - a boxing match !. Photographs

Inspecting the Company at The Maltings, Mistley, Essex. James Whale, 7Th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment. Captured 26.8.17. Pow At Holzminden Camp, Germany

Fire Drill, Grooms Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea
Fire drill at John Grooms Orphanage and Crippleage opened in 1890 at Clacton in Essex. Groom was a London engraver and evangelical preacher, whose concern for poor and disabled flower-sellers

Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Mills
The Stoving house and Traverses at the Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Mills, Essex Date: 1854

Lady Essex, Chatelaine of Cassiobury Park
Adele Capell (1867-1922), Countess of Essex (n饠 Adele Grant) US-born socialite who married into British nobility as wife of George De Vere Capell, 7th Earl of Essex

Waltham Abbey explosion
Explosion of no 2 Corning-house at the gunpowder mills, Waltham Abbey, Essex Date: 13 April 1843

War work for the elderly, WW1
An old farm labourer in Essex returns to the plough to help in the war effort during the First World War. The gentleman pictured was nearly eighty years of age and had several sons in the Army

Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside Ironing Room
The ironing room at Dr Barnardos Girls Home, Barkingside, Essex. Sheets, fresh from the laundry, are ironed in large presses. Date: Date unknown

Forest Cottage Home, Loughton, Essex
Dormitory at the Forest Cottage Home established in 1888 at Loughton, Essex. Date: Date unknown

Hunting in Epping Forest - a view of Fair Mead Bottom, a famous Easter Monday feature of the Epping hunt in 1820 with the deer shown getting clean away in the distance. Date: 1928

Gosfield Hall Essex
Deer in the grounds of Gosfield Hall, Essex, the seat of lord viscount Clare. Date: late 18th century

Greensted Church
The wooden church at Greensted, Essex, after restoration : we also have a picture of it before restoration. Date: 1849

Barking 1840S
Barking, now part of London, when it was a pretty Essex village... Date: circa 1840

Albyns Essex
Albyns, Essex, the seat of John R Abdy. Date: 1806

Dagenham, House
House in Dagenham, Essex, the seat of the late Henry Muilman. Date: circa 1780

Musical Instruments
Am interesting collection of over 600 musical instruments, owned by the Reverend F. W. Galpin, Rector of Falkbourne, Witham, Essex, England. Mrs Galpin shows some of them off. Date: 1930s

Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, founded in 1030. The present ruins, built by King Harold Godwinson, date from 1060. He was buried here after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Date: 11th century

Ramsey Church
The splendid Norman tower of St. Michaels Church, Romsey, Essex, England. Date: 11th - 12th century

Ploughmans Lunch
A ploughman takes a well- earned lunch break during the autumn ploughing season on a farm in Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Old Smithy Interior
The interior of an old smithy (blacksmiths shop) at Colne Engaine, Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Essex Gatehouse, London
The Essex Gatehouse, Essex Street, just off the Strand, London, was originally the Essex House which belonged to the Bishops of Exeter. Date: 1930s

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