Essex in the Days of Old
Publisher: William Andrews & Co.
Published: 1898
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 251
Description: This is a follow-up book to Andrews's 'Bygone Essex' published in 1892. Quite a rare book these days and a must for Essex historians, although some of the facts may be disputed.
Table of contents: title: Witchcraft in Essex; title: Charles Dickens and Chigwell; title: Hadleigh Castle; title: Daniel Defoe in Essex; title: Harbottle Grimston, Puritan and Patriot; title: In the Reign of Terror; title: John Locke and Oates; title: The Homes and Haunts of Elizabeth Fey; title: The notorious Dean of Bocking and the 'Eikon Basilike'; title: Barking Abbey; title: The Round Church of Little Maplestead; title: Waltham Holy Cross; title: Queen Elizabeth in Essex; title: The Salmons and Haddocks of Leigh; title: The Dutch Refugees and the Bay and Say Trade; title: John Strype and Leyton; title: The Brass of Archbishop Harsnett; title: Old Southend; title: The Bartlow Hills; title: Index