PRIESTLEY, H. E. [ HAROLD EDFORD PRIESTLEY ] .

A History Of Benfleet by H. E. Priestley M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D. Part IV. The Doomsday Survey A.D. 1086 .

Southend, Essex: Privately printed for the author, nd.(c.1970) . 0. A very good A4 booklet. Typewritten manuscript format, with hand-drawn maps and illustrations. Pink card covers with printed titles and and small illustrations. Some edge creasing, otherwise clean throughout. pp.2/pp.24 . G+. ** "Harold Edford Priestley. Born in Yorkshire in 1901 and died in Essex in 1990. His writings and artwork feature in the Art and Literature, but these were only 2 facets of his life. Above all he was an historian and his two books on the history of Benfleet bear testimony to that." - See Harold Edford Priestley, The Historian, by Mark Thres, 2010 .

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Boeknummer: 39437

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Southend a History of Benfleet. Early Days. H.E. Priestley 42840 East Anglia: : Essex

REANEY, P.H.

Essex. (The Borzoi County Histories series).

London: Alfred A.Knopf, 1928. 1st edition. "After the Norman Conquest, Essex became the solid bridge-head which guaranteed the dominion of the Conqueror :no county was so systematically feudalised. For completeness of detail the Essex section of the Domesday Book is unsurpassed..Economically, Essex and East Anglia were the busiest focus of the wool and weaving trades.." Pp.126, black & white frontispiece + 7 further plates, 16 illustrations and 7 maps, erratum slip tipped in to introduction, owner's name to front free endpaper. Green cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear but has a removable clear protective wrap. G+/G+.

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Boeknummer: 45315

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Reaney Essex Borzoi County Histories History Geology Roman Saxon Medieval Tudor Stuart Agrarian Industrial Revolution 46785 East Anglia: : Essex

REED, NICHOLAS.

Pissarro in Essex.

London: Lilburne Press, 1992. 0951525840. Lucien Pissarro's Paintings of Essex. "From 1883 until his death in 1944 at the age of 81, Lucien Pissarro produced over 550 oil-paintings, and many watercolours. Well over 300 of his oils are of English scenes, including 56 views of Essex. This book reproduces and tries to identify some of the 36 scenes he painted in the west of Essex, primarily of Epping, Finchingfield and Duton Hill. His 20 oilpaintings of the east of Essex, mainly around Colchester, are also briefly described." Pp.32, colour and black & white illustrations throughout, signed by the author to title page. Illustrated white card cover. VG.

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Boeknummer: 50355

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Nicholas Reed Signed Lucien Pissarro Essex Oil Paintings Watercolours Epping Finchingfield Duton Hill Colchester Art 51851 East Anglia: : Essex

RODGERS, W.R.

Essex Roundabout. (with drawings by Meg Stevens).

Colchester: Benham and Company Limited, 1963. 1st edition. Observations and poems by Celtic broadcaster and poet W.R.Rodgers with illustrations by his wife, Meg Stevens. Pp.63, full page and vignette illustrations in green. Marbled patterned grey boards with green title label to front board and white title to spine. VG.

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Boeknummer: 50596

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Rodgers Essex Roundabout Illustrated Meg Stevens East Anglia Poems Wit Humour 52068 East Anglia: : Essex

ROE, FRED.

Essex Survivals with Special Attention to Essex Smugglers.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1929. 1st edition. Pp.xvi/278, map to front free endpapers + illustrations by the author throughout, gift message to inner front endpaper, small ink spots to closed page edges not affecting pages internally. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt motif to front board, edges slightly rubbed. G+.

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Boeknummer: 45369

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Fred Roe Essex Survivals Smugglers Local History Illustrated Manor Houses Domestic Dwellings Churches Colchester Hadleigh Mountnessing Canvey Dedham Feering Chelmsford Danbury Coggeshall Harwich 46869 East Anglia: : Essex

ROESSLER, ERNEST P.

An Anglo-French Description of Holy Trinity Church, Southchurch, Essex. By Ernest P. Roessler .

London: Published [ For Ernest P. Roessler ] at 15 Philpot Lane, 1920 . 0. A scarce first edition with text both in English and French . 9.75" x 6.00". pp.47 . Plain maroon buckram boards. Endpapers lightly foxed. Original card cover with printed title inserted before actual title-page. A label has been removed from the verso of the card cover leaving some glue residue. The first printed title-page is in English. The second title in French occurs after p.31. repeating the description in French (but not all of the illustrations. Clean throughout with many black & white illustrations. Last leaf with colophon: "Printed By William Gate Limited, 147-150, Great Saffron Hill, London, E.C.1." Followed by the original rear card cover. VG.

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Boeknummer: 43140

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Ernest P. Roessler an Anglo-French Description of Holy Trinity Church Southchurch Essex 44484 East Anglia: : Essex

ROUND, J. HORACE.

History and Antiquities of Colchester Castle.

[Colchester: Benham & Co, 1882]. Reprinted as originally published in1882. Contents: I.Ancient Colchester; II.Origin of the Castle; III.History of the Castle; IV.Description of the Castle; V.View from the Castle; VI.Descent of the Castle; VII.Demesnes of the Castle. Pp.148, black & white photo frontispiece, green floral endpapers, owner's name and inkstamp of S.Luke's College Exeter to front free endpaperspotting to title page. Olive green cloth, spine slightly rubbed. G+.

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Boeknummer: 45551

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Round History Antiquities Colchester Castle Essex 47084 East Anglia: : Essex

ROWE, PHILIP 'TULIP' / ROWE, ROBIN.(EDITOR).

Pollards & People: A Landscape History of Bulmer, Essex. Extracts from the Writings of Philip 'Tulip' Rowe.

Bulmer, Essex: Philip Rowe Archive, 2009. 9780954893613. Second volume following on from "In Tulip's Time A Bulmer Craftsman's Memories", with local history research by Peter Rowe. "The countryside is presented through the memories of a skilled rural craftsman - for Tulip was farm worker, thatcher and hurdle maker. The activities of the poachers, horsemen and harvest gangs of Tulip's youth are recounted. The tranquil footpath of today is brought to life by reading of the gypsy encampment, human tragedy or altercation that occurred there in former times. Our remaining hedgerows are embellished through Tulip's accounts of rabbitting, nut gathering and pollarding." 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp.96, 13 local maps + occasional black & white photo illustrations. Yellow card covers. Scarce. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 38978

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Philip Tulip Robin Rowe Pollards People Local Parish History Bulmer Essex Bocking Family Farming Agriculture Rural Crafts Poachers Harvest Gypsy Countryside Nature Hedgerows Rabbits 52230 East Anglia: : Essex

SAINT MARY'S CHURCH, BOCKING/GOODWIN, JAMES JUNIUS(TRANSCRIBER).

The First Register of Saint Mary's Church, Bocking, Essex, England. Baptisms 1561-1605; Marriages 1593-1639; Burials 1558-1628.

Hartford, Connetticut: Privately printed by James Junius Goodwin, 1903. Limited edition of 50 copies, of which this is number 32. Useful for tracing family history with listings of baptisms, marriages and burials for the parish from the 16th -17th centuries. 25.5cms x 18cms. Pp.xii/276, two sepia drypoint illustrations with tissue guards, author's compliment slip loosely enclosed. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, edges rubbed. VG.

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Boeknummer: 40164

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: St Marys Church Bocking Goodwin Essex Parish History Baptisms Marriages Burials Family History Records 29663 East Anglia: : Essex

SHEPHERD, WENDY.

Fordham's Finest. Preserving the Memory.

Colchester: Benjibooks, 2017. 9781920194154. A Fordham Local History Society Community Project, Commemorating the Centenary of the Great War. Pp.235, many colour and black & white illustrations. Paperback. VG.

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Boeknummer: 49083

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Shepherd Fordam Finest Preserving Memory Local History Essex Village Casualties World War One Conscientious Objection Aldham Scouts Regiments Brothers in Arms Prisoners Silver War Badge Memorial 50572 East Anglia: : Essex

SIMMONS, CONSTANCE M.

The Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore, Essex: A Short History and Guide.

Romford: Mawney Press, 1981. Revised ed. A short account of the history and architecture of the Church of St Laurence, Blackmore. Slim unpaginated booklet (12 pages), 2 b/w photo plates. Wraps, small spot mark to front cover. VG.

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Boeknummer: 32729

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Simmons Priory Church St Laurence Blackmore Essex Parish History Guide 32573 East Anglia: : Essex

SIMONS, DANIEL.

A Rowhedge Album.

Fingringhoe: D.A.Simons, 1991. 1st editions. "The purpose of this booklet is to add faces to some of the names which recur in the publications about Rowhedge, and to include a few photos which might be of interest to those who know the village." Landscape format. 14.5cms x 21cms. Pp.52, black & white photo illustrations throughout. Paperback, minor curling to lower corner. G+.

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Boeknummer: 44465

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Simons Rowhedge Photo Illustrations Local Essex History Fingringhoe 45819 East Anglia: : Essex

SLAUGHTER, BASIL. (EDITOR).

Bulmer: Then and Now.

Simon Harris, 1990. Second edition. A history of the village of Bulmer, Essex, drawing on local memories. Chapters: 1.The Great Highway; 2.The Auberies; 3.The Tye; 4.The Brickfields; 5.Butlers; 6.Church, School and Meadow; 7.The Haven Ground; 8.Batt Hall, The Pits, Kitchens and Finch Hill; 9.Smeetham Hall; 10.The Street; 11.Goldingham Hall; 12.Upper and Lower Houses; 13.A Final Perambulation; List of Contributors. 30cms x 21cms. Pp.64, occasional black & white drawings and photos + 9 maps, owner's initials to title page. Paperback. Scarce. VG.

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Boeknummer: 46355

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Basil Slaughter Bulmer Then Now Essex History Memories Essex Village Auberies Tye Bricks Butlers Batt Hall Pits Finch Hill Smeetham Hall Goldingham Hall 47935 East Anglia: : Essex

SMITH, GRAHAM.

Essex and its Race for the Skies. 1900-1939.

Newbury: Countryside Books, 2007. 9781846740541. 1st edition. "Essex was at the forefront of the pioneering days of flying..Early in the 20th century, the first landing grounds for flying machine experiments were established at South Fambridge and Dagenham..At the outbreak of the First World War, six landing grounds - Hainault Farm, Writtle, South Rochford known as Eastwood, Chingford, Burnham-on-Crouch and Widford near Chelmsford were established, with a seaplane station at Clacton.In peacetime, the county played host to flying circuses and air displays.." Pp.224, black & white photo illustrations throughout + map of Essex. Paperback. VG.

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Boeknummer: 37582

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Graham Smith Essex Race Skies Flying Balloons Airships British Aviation Pioneer Bentfield Benny Hucks Landing Grounds Aircraft Wartime Royal Air Force Humphreys Gordon Bell Clacton Laking 38260 East Anglia: : Essex

ESSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Title Page and Index to Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. Vol.XXIII. (New series).

Colchester: The Society at the Museum in the Castle, 1954. Index volume. Pagination xii/412-444, some pages uncut. Paperback has a couple of spots. G+.Plus. 8 page Memorandum on the Ancient Monuments Acts published by the Council of British Archaeology, 1954(2nd edition revised), loosely enclosed.

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Boeknummer: 39024

Catalogus: East Anglia: : Essex

Trefwoorden: Essex Archaeological Society Title Page Index Transactions Reference 39972 East Anglia: : Essex