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Photos of Old Essex

Here are some images of Essex. Some were taken over 100 years ago, others show historic places as they are today.

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Shoebury Common Beach

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Carriages for hire outside St Clements, Leigh, c.1920

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Rayleigh High Street, looking up towards Holy Trinity

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The Broadway, Leigh-on-Sea, c.1900

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Prittlewell Priory, 2008

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Sutton Church, 2007

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Colchester Castle, October 2008

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Mountnessing windmill, 2008

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Southchurch Hall

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Coupe's post office, Shoeburyness c.1900

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All Saints, Rettendon

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Victoria Circus, Southend c.1930.

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The moat at Rayleigh Mount, November 2008

The moat at Rayleigh Mount is now a haven for wildlife. During the time Rayleigh Castle was occupied, however, the moat was a dry ditch; it was never intended to be filled with water. Inside the ditch was an earth rampart topped with wooden stakes, forming a defensive palisade.

 
 

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Richmond Avenue School, Shoeburyness

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Barnado's Home for Destitute Girls, Barking

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The Bathing Place, Burnham-on-Crouch, 1907

 
 

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Ashingdon Church, January 2009

Ashingdon Church was built to commemorate the battle of Ashingdon fought between the Dane Canute and the Saxon Edmund Ironside. Canute won the day and became King of England. However, he commissioned this church in memory of all the dead of the battle. Its first vicar was Stigand, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury and was eventually murdered.

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St Botolph's Priory

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St Osyth's Priory, 1907

  

  

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c. J. Williams, 2010