Essex Collection (page 31)

Harvesting Flax 1930S
Making flax into stacks on a farm in Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Wm. Arquess Northampton
WILLIAM PARR, earl of Essex and marquess of NORTHAMPTON brother of Queen Catherine Parr, supported Lady Jane Greys claim, arraigned but pardoned by Elizabeth. Date: 1513 - 1571

Colchester Gardens
A well-kept sunken lawn and flower beds in the public gardens at Colchester, Essex, England. Date: early 1930s

Swans at Chelmsford
Two children pointing at swans on a lake in Chelmsford, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Southend Beach 1930S
A crowded beach scene at the popular seaside resort of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Date: early 1930s

ALGERANOFF (1903 - 1967)
HARCOURT ALGERNON LEIGHTON ESSEX English born dancer, who joined Anna Pavlovas company in 1921. Touring with Pavlova, he became interested in Asian and Indian dance. Date: 1903 - 1967

John Hunt, Churchman
Rev. JOHN HUNT churchman, minister at Chelmsford, Essex. Date: circa 1829

Springtime Pond
Springtime at Distillery Pond, an attractive lake at Colchester, Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Winter Night Service
A picturesque scene on a snowy evening at St. Michaels Church, Braintree, Essex, England. Date: 1960s

Robert Devereux, nd Earl of EsseX
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex 1566-1601. Unknown 16th century

A Ramble around Lexden, Colchester, Essex
Views to be seen when on a ramble around Lexden, Colchester, Essex. Date: circa 1905

Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shenfield, Essex
The parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Hall Lane, Shenfield Church, near Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Interior of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shenfield
The interior of the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Hall Lane, Shenfield Church, near Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

The Green - Great Warley nr. Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Shenfield Common, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Brentwood School Chapel on Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex (now extended). Date: circa 1905

Parish Church St. Thomas of Canterbury, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Queens Road, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Warley Road, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Warley Barracks - Brentwood, Essex. Date: circa 1904

Ingrave Common Cricket Ground, Ingrave / Herongate, Essex
Ingrave Common Cricket Ground, between Ingrave and Herongate, Essex. The home ground of the Herongate & Ingrave CC. Date: circa 1905

High Street and Memorial to William Hunter, Brentwood, Essex
The Martyrs Elm - planted on the spot where Protestant (Marian) Martyr William Hunter was incinerated in 1555 in Brentwood, Essex. Date: circa 1906

Brook Street Hill, Brentwood, Essex Date: circa 1905

Colchester, Essex - Castle Park (Gardens) Date: circa 1905

Colchester, Essex - High Street Date: circa 1905

Colchester, Essex - St. Botolphs Priory. Date: circa 1905

Colchester, Essex - Stockwell Street ( Old Colchester ) Date: circa 1905

Raphael Park Lake, Romford, London, England - two swans having a light swim, possibly hoping the photographer is bearing bread-based snackage... Date: circa 1904

North Station Road, Colchester, Essex. The sign on the right is advertising the services of a local gardener. Date: circa 1904

Spoof postcard on the Colchester Native Oyster Beds ! Date: circa 1910s

Christmas Card from the 2nd Batt. Essex Regiment in Istanbul
Christmas Card from 1922 produced for soldiers of the Essex Regiment - nickname, " The Pompadours" - (motto: Montis insignia calpe ) (Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar), stationed at Istanbul

Palmeira Gardens, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex Date: 1905

Festival float on Romford High Road, Essex, with chiclren dressed up as various characters (possibly types of the British Isles??). Date: circa 1928

Women in fancy dress collecting for charity
Three women in fancy dress collecting for The Romford Cottage Hospital, Essex. Date: circa 1933

Photograph from an automatic camera suspended from net taken 25 August 1907 at East Horden, Essex. In the hoop: Oswald Short and the Hon Claud Brabazon

O E Simmonds aerial view of the Clacton-on-Sea Essex
O.E. Simmonds aerial view of the Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

Jaw of Stephanorhinus hemitoechus, the narrow-nosed rhinocer
Lower jaw of a narrow-nosed rhinoceros, Stephanorhinus hemitoechus dating back to the Pleistocene, 1.8 million years to 10, 000 years ago. This specimen was unearthed in Ilford, Essex, England

Papaver rhoeas, shirley poppy, double mixed. Cultivated at Threshelfords, Kelvedon, Essex. Collected on the 23 July 1981. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium

Fossil collecting near Aveley, Essex
Palaeontologists collecting the remains of a woolly mammoth and a straight-tusked elephant from a clay pit near Aveley, Essex in 1964

Chelmsford Prison, Essex
A view of the entrance to Chelmsford Prison, Essex. A sign above the date is inscribed County Gaol. Cell blocks are visible behind the high walls. Date: Date unknown

CLACTON-ON-SEA / 1908
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex: the Palace Grounds Date: 1908

36 Area Sports Meeting at Woodford Wells, Essex - Long Jump competition

GLC-LFB - Turntable Ladder at Plaistow
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Firefighters answering a call, Barking fire station, Essex
Firefighters answering a call at Barking fire station, Essex. Seen here with their team of horses pulling the steam fire engine away from the fire station

NFS (London Region) fireboat at Grays, near Tilbury, WW2
An NFS fireboat at her moorings, R5Z-TS Exmouth river fire station, Grays near Tilbury, Essex, the furthest easterly river station in the London Region

An oil fire test at Shoeburyness, Essex, WW2
Firefighters put out an oil fire during a test at Shoeburyness, Essex

Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire crews applying foam at a serious oil tank fire at Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 8 September 1940

Pumps working from dams, Thames Haven, WW2
Two major pumping units (NFS) set into an emergency inflatable dam and supplying water to the scene of a serious oil tank fire at the Thames Haven oil tank farm near Thurrock in Essex

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