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Southend's Ekco from history
The story of how an Essex radio manufacturing business and its founder changed the world.
How Purfleet inspired Amazing Grace
A near-death experience in Purfleet inspired John Newton to write the hymn Amazing Grace.
Ongar's heroic Titanic priest
Father Thomas Byles was a passenger on the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic in April 1912.
Saffron Walden's crucial Cromwell meeting
How a meeting in Saffron Walden led to the birth of English democracy.
Abberton's Roman discovery
The fascinating archaeological treasures unearthed close to Abberton Reservoir.
The unusual uses of Hedingham Castle
The Chatelaine of Hedingham Castle reveals some interesting uses of the Essex landmark.
A concise history of Beeleigh Abbey
Discovering the fascinating, diverse and tragic history of Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon.
The Dunmow Flitch Trials
The Essex town with a 900 -year-old test of married couples and an unlikely prize.
Secrets of the HMS London shipwreck
One of the UK's most important shipwrecks lay undiscovered for 360 years near Southend.
Harwich and the U-Boat Surrender
In November 1918, more than 100 German U-Boats surrendered to the allied forces.
The Essex scientist who got man to the moon
The vital role Billericay born scientist Tom Bacon played in the Apollo 11 mission.
