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Friends of Historic Essex President: The Lord Petre, KCVO, MA, JP Chairman: Dr. Christopher Thornton, FSA, FRHistS

Reg. Charity No. 235270

NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2016

Chelmsford Borough Fire Brigade proudly demonstrate their

new fire escape ladder against the side of Chelmsford’s Corn

Exchange, May 1899. (I/Sp 15/350)

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From the Chairman

The 2016 AGM was held at Coggeshall

Village Hall on Saturday 9th July. Our

president Lord Petre was in the chair and the

meeting was attended by 24 members and

guests. Members stood in memory of Ken

Neale, former Chairman of FHE, and Horace

Stone, who had both sadly died in the last

year. The existing officers and executive

committee were re-elected. Jenny Butler,

already a member of the committee, was

elected to the vacant position of Hon.

Secretary, and Ken Crowe was elected as a new committee member.

ERO Archive Service manager, Stephen Dixon, was in attendance

and his interesting report is reproduced in this newsletter for the

information of FHE members. Two special resolutions were passed

unanimously, the first making subscriptions due on April 1st each

year, and the second raising the minimum subscription to £12 p.a.

from April 1st 2017. At the end of the AGM our former Chairman

Maureen Scollan kindly gave a vote of thanks to Lord Petre for

chairing the meeting, to Coggeshall Village Hall and to Karen

Marchlik and her staff at Paycockes House for the afternoon visit.

After a welcome lunch, the afternoon was devoted to an examination

of some of Coggeshall’s historic timber-framed buildings. It started

with FHE members Brenda and Elphin Watkin leading an fascinating

short ‘walk’ through the historic centre of Coggeshall for which they

had kindly prepared a special 4-page guide. Highlights included: (1)

the Chapel Inn, Market Hill, possibly the largest and most significant

early house in the town. Owned by John Sewell, sheriff of Essex, it

was attacked by rebels in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Although

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much altered, the building originally had a three bay hall with aisles

to front and rear, floored in the C17; (2) 9-13 Market End, Cavendish

House and the White Hart, has a three storey service cross wing

which is jettied on each floor front and rear and has a grotesque

carving on a ground floor bracket. The range is almost complete and

adjoins the hall range of the White Hart, which was floored in the

late 16th century. The whole building is of exceptional quality and

the cross-wing has been dated to 1422-1448; (3) No. 7 West Street,

was originally built as a manorial court hall (1403-1429) possibly

combined with a market house. It had a square form, two storeys and

jettied to the north. The court hall was a two-bay first floor room,

perhaps originally accessed via an external stair (a stair tower and

shop were later built in this position). The meat market lay to the

west and the fish market to the east. In the 18th to early 19th century

the building was given a brick front and three brick chimneys were

built, probably when it became a public house. More details of these

three buildings and many others in Coggeshall can be found in the

two books that were published as part of the HLF-funded

‘Discovering Coggeshall’ project, copies of which are still available:

D. Stenning and R. Shackle, Discovering Coggeshall. Timber-framed

buildings in the town centre (n.d.); D. Andrews (ed.), Discovering

Coggeshall 2: The 1575 rental survey and the dated buildings

(2013).

Our party then proceeded to Paycockes House in West Street, which

tree-ring dating has now demonstrated was built for Thomas

Paycocke in 1509-10. The National Trust warden of the property,

Karen Marchlik gave our party an introductory talk, and then we

were left to explore this marvellous example of an early 16th century

merchant’s house, albeit one with many mysteries about how it

originally functioned. Due to research commissioned by The

National Trust much more is now known about Paycocke, his

business and his family, and also about the history of the house in

later centuries. The house and displays have undergone a

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presentational makeover in the last few years and there is much more

information available. Members then partook of an excellent

afternoon tea and also explored the attractive gardens.

Looking beyond the AGM, our organisation has had another busy

year so far. Among our activities the following stand out: On

Saturday 21st we combined with ERO staff to hold an event at

Saffron Town Hall including the book launch of our new publication

by Peter Walker, Printed Maps of Essex from 1576. Further details of

the event and book launch, and how to obtain copies of this excellent

book, are included elsewhere in this newsletter. As part of our Great

War Archive Project conservation and cataloguing work on the

Luard papers has been carried out by Sarah Marshall an Essex

University student and funded by FHE. A talk about our project has

also been delivered to the Essex branch of the Western Front

Association, and we were able to demonstrate how their grant is

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being successfully used to obtain and conserve materials relating to

the Great War.

You may also recall that from the last newsletter that the FHE

executive committee had nominated the ERO for an Archive and

Records Association ‘Record Keeping service of the Year Award’.

Although we did not win the award, we were very pleased to see that

the ERO was shortlisted. On 10 September five FHE committee

members supported the ERO by helping at the Heritage Open Day

which this year was ‘A Celebration of Creativity in the Archives’.

We ran FHE and ERO bookstalls and served teas and coffees while

the Record Office put on exciting displays and activities relating to

archives to art, music, photography and bookbinding and more.

Information on more ERO and FHE events are included elsewhere in

this newsletter. I would particularly draw your attention to the

forthcoming afternoon of Great War lectures at Chelmsford Museum

on Saturday 26th November to raise awareness and funds for our

own Great War Archive Project, and also the ERO conference ‘Lost

Landscapes: Reconstructing Medieval Essex’ which is being held

jointly with the Essex Place Names Project (ESAH) on Saturday

18th March 2017. We hope to see many members at both events.

Finally, on behalf of all FHE members may I extend our warmest

congratulations to our President Lord Petre who has been made a

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) by the

Queen's personal gift for his service in representing the monarch

in Essex.

Chris Thornton

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Archive Service Manager’s

Report 2015-2016

As you will be aware from my report last year, Essex Record Office

has embarked on an ambitious income generation project as the

alternative to making savings in the form of cuts.

We are credited with achieving an extra £100,000 income in the first

year of the implementation stage of our business case but this year’s

target is much higher and we now also know we are to become self-

financing by about 2020.

We have been joined by Dr. Stacey Harmer as a casual archivist

specialising in Latin translation. Stacey is already making a valuable

contribution to the archivists team especially following the retirement

of Jane Bedford last year. Stacey’s services will add to the

attractiveness of our commercial offer to legal, family history and

academic customers. I am delighted we can serve this particular

researcher requirement and that ERO is stronger in what some would

regard as the traditional county record office professional service.

Carol Walden has quickly settled in providing maternity cover for

Ruth Costello, who has had a baby son, Daniel.

We now have a total of 11 archivists on our books and I cannot help

but wonder if this is a record for ERO. Two have PhDs.

Still on the subject of staffing, Neil Wiffen is standing aside as

Public Service Team Manager and first Manager of the Essex

Historical and Ancestral Research Service, for childcare reasons. We

won’t be losing his services altogether you will be glad to hear as he

is stepping into the place of Gail Sanders as an Archive Assistant.

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Gail has moved onto pastures new. I am grateful to Neil and Gail for

putting so much into their roles.

We have appointed a new EHARS Manager, Amanda Hall who

comes to us from the Essex Registration and Nationality Service,

where she is Business and Compliance Manager and Principal

Registration Officer. She starts on 1 August.

The Registration Service Certificate Centre, jointly run by ERO and

ERNS, opened in December and is making an impressive

contribution to our finances. This follows the centralisation of birth,

marriage and death registers and duplicate certificate issuing at ERO

from the previous district offices.

Sharon Hall from ERNS has been appointed to the new position of

Ancestral Services Supervisor in EHARS while Graham Harris has

undergone a change in job title from Senior Archive Assistant to

Historical Services Supervisor. Both branches of EHARS are

expected to expand their range of services to family and local

historians.

Jane Bass will be resuming a dual role as archive assistant and

archivist in coming months, again partly to help keep the archivists

team up to strength and enable the tackling of enquiries, accessions

and listing backlogs.

Jane Bedford works for us as a volunteer and we are grateful for her

continuing contribution to the reduction of the listing backlog.

Congratulations to Martin Astell and Sarah-Joy Maddeaux on the

implementation of the You Are Hear project, funded by the Heritage

Lottery Fund, with sound benches and kiosks being installed in such

exotic places as Stansted Airport and Colchester Castle Gardens. The

whole county will be covered.

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We have been consulted by Taylor Wimpey with regard to the

impending housing development on the Wharf Road Car park site

and anticipate this will benefit us. Construction is expected to begin

in January and we are looking into alternative public parking

arrangements.

A partnership with the University of Essex has resulted in the supply

of two interns since January, Marta Jimenez and Bryony Webster, the

first an art history graduate and the second a postgraduate student,

who have created an online art gallery, developed the art catalogue

and created new displays in ERO.

Finally thank you to the Friends as donors and volunteers throughout

the year.

Stephen Dixon

You Are Hear Project

The You Are Hear touring listening bench, sponsored by the Friends

of Historic Essex, has gone walkies! After a successful season

amusing holiday-goers passing through Stansted Airport, the bench

has moved down the road to the National Trust’s Hatfield Forest.

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It was installed in time for their annual WoodFest camping event

from 9-11 September, so hopefully has already been viewed by many

visitors. Some autumnal recordings now feature on the bench. You

can listen to the list on the bench’s webpage:

http://www.essexsounds.org.uk/content/benches/touring-listening-

bench-a

But it’s more fun if you listen to the recordings on the bench itself –

a perfect excuse to visit this beautiful property. Don’t forget to send

us your #benchselfie while you’re there (share with us on Twitter

(@essexarchive), Facebook (The Essex Record Office), or e-mail

(info@essexsounds.org.uk)).

While moving the bench, we checked the usage statistics, as the

bench tracks each time a button is pressed. In the three months that it

had been at Stansted, each button was pressed over 4000 times.

There is no way to know how many people this represents, nor how

long they spent listening to the recordings, but it far exceeds our

target. We also received some excellent publicity, with a piece on

BBC Look East that showed the bench at the Airport.

The bench sponsored by the Friends will be at Hatfield Forest until

the end of November. Then it will move to intu Lakeside shopping

centre, just in time for the craziness of holiday shopping.

Meanwhile, most of our community benches for 2016 have been

installed, and our other touring bench and kiosks are receiving some

nice feedback. Please get in touch if you have any suggestions for

future hosts for the touring benches, or if you know any community

groups who might like to work on installing a permanent bench in

Burnham-on-Crouch, Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Coggeshall,

Epping, Southend-on-Sea, or Witham. Read more about all these

activities on our Essex Sounds page:

http://www.essexsounds.org.uk/content/category/benches

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We thank the Friends for your continued interest and support for the

bench.

You Are Hear Project Officer, Essex Record Office

Sarah-Joy Maddeaux

sarahjoy.maddeaux@essex.gov.uk / 033301 32467

Norman Essex: What did the Normans do for us?

Yet another successful conference was

held at the Records Office on the 1st

October, when some 80 people attended

to hear ‘What did the Normans do for

us?’

The speakers for the event were

Professor David Bates from the

University of East Anglia – 1066 in

2016; Dr Jennifer Ward – Religious Life

in Norman Essex; Peter Berridge - The

Norman construction of Colchester

Castle; and Katherine Schofield – Essex

in Little Domesday.

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Our Event Speakers

Neil Wiffen gets Professor Bates to draw the raffle

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Industrial Air Raid Shelters in Essex, a project

Compare and contrast:

These 3 pictures all have something in common, apart from all being

in Essex.

1

2

3

All these pictures are showing air raid shelters for industry.

1. Blast Shelter at Great Sampford airfield

2. Above ground shelter, Whitlocks, Gt Yeldham

3. Partially submerged shelter, Courtaulds, Halstead

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Note: there is a current discussion on whether military would be

considered as being industrial.

Introduction

Nearly 70 years ago, in 1938, Britain was preparing for a potential

war. Air power had been proven and was going to be far worse than

in WW1. Air raid shelters were being prepared for residential and

commercial use.

Essex, despite its rural nature, has always been a hive of industry.

By 1938 it contained a range of war related industries such as

Hoffmann’s ball bearings in Chelmsford, Marconi’s in Chelmsford,

Courtauld’s producing silk for parachutes in Halstead and Braintree,

dockyards along the Thames, oil refineries at Coryton, food

production for the nation, the list is long. Essex was an important

wartime producer. These industries were employing thousands of

people. In the event of an air raid these people would need to be

protected, firstly because they were people and secondly because

they were the workforce that powered the industries. Hence

organisations over a specific size were required to provide shelter.

Some companies such as Cromptons reinforced their basements,

others such as Courtauld’s and Bata constructed shelters to take all

their workers. In addition to industry East Anglia, and especially

Essex, was considered the aircraft carrier for Britain. There were

many airfields over the county, some such as Stow Maries and

Horndon were from WW1, others such as Andrewsfield were rapidly

constructed, especially after the entry of U.S.A. into the war. These

airfields provided another attraction to be attacked and thus needed to

protect personnel. In this aspect the military could be considered as a

specific wartime industry.

Why the interest in industrial air raid shelters in 2016?

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During WW2 industrial air raid shelters were a standard part of the

built environment. Post WW2 they were considered as possibles

during the cold war. Then they deteriorated into constructions that

were in the way of ‘development’ like many other old buildings.

They were removed without much thought and people forgot about

them. The more that were removed the more the remaining ones

have become of historic interest. Removing the last ones will be

removing a definite important chunk of our industrial history. We

therefore need to find and record what is available before any more

go, such that we can then prioritise what needs to be saved as an

example for posterity.

In Halstead the Courtauld factory built 16 air raid shelters behind the

workers’ housing. These could be easily accessed by the workers in

the day time and by the residents at night. They were also available

to people of the town who were caught out by an air raid. Of these,

15 of the shelters are partially submerged and one is completely

above ground. It is possible that the above ground one would have

been a first aid and radio post. They are on a plot of land that had

been a mix of gardens, allotments and a community orchard, on a

hillside. The geological structure of the area is such that there are

many springs which make it a rather wet area which has never been

otherwise ‘developed’. Since WW2 people had forgotten about these

shelters, other than the children who played there and the people who

walked their dogs through this ‘waste ground’.

Over many years town and district councils have specified that this

town centre piece of land should be ‘developed’. Nothing happened,

possibly because it was fairly inaccessible as well as being very wet.

Then more recently Tesco had their eye on it for yet another

supermarket in a town that did not need one. This stirred up a lot of

discussion in the town as people found out about the ‘waste land’. A

concerned group of people set up the Halstead 21st Century Group as

a heritage group. They considered the site important for both

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environment and industrial heritage and felt that if ‘developed’ as a

historical and environmental centre it would attract many visitors to

the town which would then boost the failing High Street. Due to

Highways emphasising the lack of access Tesco bowed out. The

attempt to sell off the plot, which has multiple ownership including

the district council, continues.

And so the question, are those shelters so unique that they need to be

preserved for posterity? Hence the need to research into what other

industrial air raid shelters are still in existence in Essex. This interest

has now spread from just the Halstead group doing it for their own

requirements into an Essex project run together with the Essex

Industrial Archaeology Group. There is the concern, given before,

that as industrial air raid shelters are removed they will be gone

forever and we will have lost our heritage.

What can be done now?

There is a need to find what air raid shelters remain around the whole

county. With this it is interesting to have a historic view of air raid

shelters over the whole of Essex from the late 30’s onwards. This

gives a better overview of what had been available and also can give

a view of the industry. Conversely one can look at what industry

there was during WW2 and which industries would have been

required by law to have air raid shelters for their workers. It is this

latter, more structured research that is being done. This requires long

hours doing the research as follows:

a) Find out through directories and any other information

sources what industries were around from 1938 onwards in

Essex.

b) Find out the laws for the requirements of provision of air raid

shelters for these industries.

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c) Find out what air raid shelters were provided by the

industries.

d) Review planning permissions given for air raid shelters by

councils.

e) Follow up each of the industries to see which exist today and

of these which have retained their air raid shelters.

f) Follow up what happened to the air raid shelters of those

industries that ceased to exist.

g) Go into detail for the air raid shelters, especially those that

still exist.

If plans for the shelters can be located then all the better: eg.

Halstead, Courtaulds,Cross-sectional plan from 1939

Image courtesy of Ettwein Bridges Architects

h) Ensure that, for those that exist, there is written and pictorial

evidence. This entails, where possible, visits to the air raid

shelters. This is particularly important for those that are on a

deteriorated site that is going to be ‘developed’ such as the

former Whitlock site at Great Yeldham.

i) Investigate the use of these shelters during WW2. This could

include the amount of time they were used such as from the

hours lost sheet from Courtauld’s in Halstead or the

occupants such as Whitlocks in Great Yeldham who had one

built for the influx of female workers for war materials

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production. Personal snippets from those who used them can

add an interest factor as can original items still in the shelters.

See next page for the interest factor seen in a Halstead shelter.

Halstead, a Courtauld’s shelter

….. toilet rooms,

note the M and

F. The ladder is

for the escape

hatch at the

opposite end to

the main

entrance.

….with toilet roll. Is it Bronco or

Izal?

How can this be done?

Essex is a large county. Halstead 21st Century Group has done a fair

amount of research on their own block of shelters and found how

time consuming it is. Work has been started to find out about the

industrial set up at the start of the war. It is a slow process.

To speed up the process it would be good to have many people who

can offer a little time for research in their own location or to wade

through documents in ERO. It provides an interesting research into a

specific section of the industrial history of Essex. It generates the

chance to record some of that industrial history before it is

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completely wiped out. Hopefully it will lead to the preservation of

some of our industrial history for the future.

Bata factory, nr. Tilbury, 1960.

Find the air raid shelters.

contact for project:

Jane Giffould

Halstead 21st Century Group

Essex Industrial Archaeology Group.

jgiffould@aol.com

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The launch of the latest publication by the Friends, Printed Maps of Essex

from 1576, took place on Saturday 21st May, at the Town Hall, Saffron

Walden. This new well-illustrated volume by map expert Peter Walker,

comprehensively lists and evaluates the ERO’s printed map collection and

will be an invaluable guide to all those interested in Essex history. There

was a display of some of the maps themselves for people to look at, and

there was a steady stream of visitors throughout the day.

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A steady sale of books

Chairman Chris introduces Peter Walker

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Essex History Group

The Essex History Group meets in the Essex Record Office lecture

theatre ten times a year for informal talks on a wide range of

historical subjects. There is no formal membership, so drop in and

discover something new!

Talks start at 10.30am in the ERO lecture theatre. The lecture theatre

is accessible to people in wheelchairs and is fitted with an induction

loop.

Admission is £1, and includes a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit

after the talk.

Forthcoming talks:

4th

November The Navy Against Napoleon

Dr James Davey, National Maritime Museum

6th

December The Great Plague: the Essex experience

Katharine Schofield, Essex Record Office

10th

January Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary

at War, 1914-1918

Dr Alexander Watson, Goldsmiths University of

London

7th

February New Hall: Henry VIII's Royal Palace in

Chelmsford

Tony Tuckwell

7th

March Music-making in the Petre household during

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the 16th and 17th centuries

Lawrence Barker, Essex Record Office

6th

May Medieval Pilgrimage to Compostela

Michael Bloomfield, lecturer in Ancient and

Medieval History in the Classics Department of

City Lit College, London

Historical Association talks

The Essex Branch of the Historical Association meets for talks

monthly on Saturdays at 2.30pm at The Link, Trinity Methodist

Church, Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2XB

Free parking at the Church or in the County Council car-park

opposite.

Visitors and prospective members warmly welcomed - a £3 donation

requested.

29th

October The Making of the West End of London in the

19th century

Professor Rohan McWilliam, Professor of Modern

British History and Course Leader for History,

Anglia Ruskin University

3rd

December The Myth of ‘Opium Plague’ in Late Imperial

China

Dr Xun Zhou, Lecturer, Department of History,

University of Essex

7th

January

2017 The English Enlightenment

Professor Justin Champion, President of the

Historical Association, Professor of the History of

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Early Modern Ideas, Royal Holloway College,

University of London

11th

February Always Remembering to Forget: Holocaust

Denial in Britain 1942-2000

Dr Mark Hobbs, Associate Tutor, Faculty of Arts

and Humanities, University of East Anglia

11th

March The Protestation of 1642 in Essex

Professor John Walter, Professor Emeritus,

History Department, University of Essex

8th

April Aspects of Iron-Age and Roman Colchester

Dr Patrick Denney, Visiting Fellow in the History

Department, University of Essex

Essex Record Office -Opening Times

Monday Closed

Tuesday 10am - 8pm

Wednesday and Thursday 10am - 5pm

Friday 9am - 4pm

Alternate Saturdays 9am - 4pm

Saturday opening

The Searchroom is open on the following Saturdays

November 12th and 19th

December 10th

2017

January 7th and 21st

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February 4th and 18th

March 4th and 18th

The Essex Record Office is closed on Sundays.

In addition, the Searchroom is closed on the following days in

2016/17.

Stocktaking: Monday 21 November-Saturday 3 December

(inclusive)

Christmas and New Year:

o Tuesday 20 December - early closing at 5pm

o Monday 26 December

o Tuesday 27 December

o Wednesday 28 December

o Monday 2 January 2017

Forthcoming Events at the Essex Record Office

Chelmsford Through Time

Saturday 29 October, 10.30am-3.00pm (talk at 1.30pm)

Our county town of Chelmsford may look modern on the surface, but

look a little deeper and you will find layer upon layer of history

waiting to be discovered. Chelmsford’s history is richly told by

maps, photographs and sound and video recordings, as well as

documents. Come along to see and hear them for yourself, and for a

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talk from architectural historian Dr James Bettley on some of the

major changes to the town since the Second World War.

No need to book, suggested £2 donation.

One of the earliest photographs of Chelmsford High Street,

by Fred Spalding, 1869

Introduction to Paper Repair

Tuesday 2 November, 10.00am-12.00noon

Tickets: £10, please book in advance on 033301 32500

Go behind-the-scenes to see for yourself how our conservators repair

the precious paper documents in the ERO’s collections. Have a go at

a simple repair yourself, and find out how to best care for any

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historic papers you have at home. There will also be an opportunity

to purchase specialist archival quality storage materials.

Discover: Your House History

Thursday 17 November, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Tickets: £10.00 Please book in advance on 033301 32500

Who used to live in your house? Have you ever wondered about the

history of your home? Whatever type of building you live in, it, or

the land it is built on, is sure to have a history and the Record Office

may hold the key to unlocking your home’s past. This session will

enable you to begin to discover the history of your house, or other

buildings, using documents from the Record Office’s collections.

Lost Landscapes: Reconstructing medieval Essex

Saturday 18 March 2017, 10.30am-3.30pm

Medieval Essex was a land of rich variety, including estuaries and

marshland, coastline and rivers, royal forests and ancient

countryside. The landscape around us can seem like a fixed and

permanent thing but it is, in fact, ever-changing, shaped by both

natural and human forces. This event will bring together expert

speakers to explore how the landscape of medieval Essex shaped the

lives of the people who lived there, and how they in turn shaped the

environment around them.

Speakers include:

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Professor Steven Rippon – Early medieval estates in Essex

Dr Jim Galloway – Fisheries, marshlands and environmental

change in medieval Essex

Paul Mardon – What’s in a name? What names tell us about

places

Dr James Kemble – How the Essex Placenames database can

help your research

Graham Jolliffe – Reconstructing an Essex medieval deer park

Map of Essex by John Norden, 1594 (D/DMs P1)

In partnership with the Essex Place Names Project and the Essex

Society for Archaeology and History

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Tickets £20 including refreshments and lunch, please book in

advance on 033301 32500

Get to know the ERO, and find out how to use our

documents

Searchroom Tours

This 45-minute tour will show you how to get the very best from the

Record Office’s Searchroom and is ideal if you are just starting your

research. The tour includes an introduction to Essex Archives Online,

microfiche and microfilm, maps, the Essex Sound and Video Archive

and the ERO library.

Tickets are free, but please book in advance on 033301 32500.

Wednesday 9 November, 10.30am-11.15am

Saturday 21 January 2017, 9.30am-10.15am

Wednesday 15 March 2017, 10.30am-11.15am

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Officers and Committee

Friends of Historic Essex 2015/16

Chairman:

Dr Chris Thornton

tel: 01621 856827

c.c.thornton@btinternet.com

Vice Chairman:

[position vacant]

Secretary:

Jennifer Butler

jibutler@btinternet.com

Treasurer:

Edward Harris

Tel: 07772 863225

edwardharris1@hotmail.co.uk

Membership Secretary:

Sarah Ensor

Tel: 01245 222174

Sarah_ensor@hotmail.com

Publications Secretary

Martyn Lockwood

Tel. 01279 876255

mjlockwood@hotmail.co.uk

Committee:

Stephen Dixon

Jane Bedford

Sean O’Dell

Alison Rowlands

Hannah Salisbury

Sean O'Dell

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Friends of Historic Essex Autumn Lecture:

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome

& One Royal Flying Corps Pilot.

Saturday 26 November, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Chelmsford Museum,

Oaklands Park, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, CM2 9AQ

Tickets £5, including tea/coffee

During the centenary of the First World War we have been working

together on the Essex Great War Archive Project to raise funds to

purchase First World War documents for the ERO’s collection, and

to buy materials to help us look after those we already have. The

proceeds from this event will go towards the project.

There will be a main talk followed by two shorter presentations:

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome – Russell Savory

One Royal Flying Corps Pilot – Sarah Ensor

The Essex Great War Archive Project – Dr Chris Thornton

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Published by the Friends of Historic Essex, Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6YT

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