Essex - UK County Map Paper Laminated - 90 x 111 cm

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Culture and community [ edit ] Symbols [ edit ] The flag of the historic county of Essex Depiction of the first king of the East Saxons, Æscwine, his shield showing the three seaxes emblem attributed to him (from John Speed's 1611 Saxon Heptarchy)

Chalk, Church Street, Cliffe Woods, Denton, Gadshill, Gravesend, Higham, Lower Higham, Milton, Riverview Park, Shorne, Shorne Ridgeway, Singlewell, Thong, West Street, DA12 2, ME3 7, ME3 8, DA12 4, DA12 3, DA12 5 Essex corresponds, fairly closely, to the territory of the Trinovantes tribe. Their production of their own coinage marks them out as one of the more advanced tribes on the island, this advantage (in common with other tribes in the south-east) is probably due to the Belgic element within their elite. Their capital was the oppidum (a type of town) of Colchester, Britain's oldest recorded town, which had its own mint.

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Ashen, Baythorn End, Belchamp Otten, Belchamp St Paul, Boyton End, Cavendish, Chilton Street, Church Street, Clare, Knowl Green, Ovington, Stoke by Clare, Wixoe, CO10 8, CO9 4, CO10 7 Industry is largely limited to the south of the county and the majority of the land elsewhere is given over to agriculture. Harlow is a centre for electronics, science and pharmaceutical companies, while Chelmsford is the home of Marconi (now called telent plc), Basildon home to New Holland Agriculture's European headquarters and Loughton is home to a printing facility for British and foreign banknotes. Ford Motor Company has its main plant at Dagenham and its European headquarters in Brentwood. Chelmsford has been an important location for electronics companies since the industry was born, and is also the location for a number of insurance and financial services organisations. Business otherwise in the county is dominated by light engineering and the service sector. Essex is excellent for car travel due to the rural nature of the county. Avoid the M25 and southwest Essex if you can as extremely congested traffic is common. But away from the M25, it is easier to drive around. Some towns and cities experience the usual rush hour, i.e., 7-9AM and 4-6PM.

Asheldham, Deal Hall, Dengie, Eves Corner, Northend, Old Montsale, Ostend, Southminster, Steeple, Stoneyhills, CM0 7, CM0 8 The late Roman period, and the period shortly after, was the setting for the King Cole legends based around Colchester. [17] One version of the legend concerns St Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great. The legend makes her the daughter of Coel, Duke of the Britons ( King Cole) and in it she gives birth to Constantine in Colchester. This, and related legends, are at variance with biographical details as they are now known, but it is likely that Constantine, and his father, Constantius spent time in Colchester during their years in Britain. [18] The presence of St Helena in the country is less certain. Boyton Cross, Broad's Green, Broomfield, Chalk End, Chignall Smealy, Chignall St James, Fanner's Green, Farmbridge End, Great Waltham, Howe Street, Little Waltham, Mashbury, Parsonage Green, Pleshey, Roxwell, Stagden Cross, Tye Green, CM1 4, CM3 1, CM1 7, CM3 3 Having bought himself time, Richard was able to receive reinforcements and then crush the rebellion in Essex and elsewhere. His forces defeated rebels in battle at Billericay on 28 June, and there were mass executions; hangings and disembowelling at Chelmsford and Colchester. [26] Wars of the Roses [ edit ]Gray, Adrian (1987) [1987]. Tales of Old Essex. Berkshire: Countryside Books. p.27. ISBN 0-905392-98-1.

The pattern of settlement in the county is diverse. The areas closest to London are the most densely settled, though the Metropolitan Green Belt has prevented the further sprawl of London into the county. The Green Belt was initially a narrow band of land, but subsequent expansions meant it was able to limit the further expansion of many of the commuter towns close to the capital. The Green Belt zone close to London includes many prosperous commuter towns, as well as the new towns of Basildon and Harlow, originally developed to resettle Londoners after the destruction of London housing in the Second World War; they have since been significantly developed and expanded. Epping Forest also prevents the further spread of the Greater London Urban Area. A12, to East Anglia via Chelmsford and Colchester. It also serves the ports of Harwich and Felixstowe (Suffolk). All these councillors are elected by their schools. The elections to the Young Essex Assembly occur in the respective schools in which the candidates are standing, likewise for the youth councils at a district and unitary level. These young people will then go on to represent their school and their parish/ward or (in the case of the Young Essex Assembly) their entire district. The initiative seeks to engage younger people in the county and rely on the youth councillors of all status to work closely with schools and youth centres to improve youth services in Essex and help promote the opinions of Essex youth.

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Places to visit include Epping Forest, Langdon Hills Country Park, Southend Pier, Hyde Hall, and the Epping Ongar Railway. Other businesses in the county are dominated by mechanical engineering, including but not limited to metalworking, glassmaking and plastics and the service sector. Colchester is a garrison town and the local economy is helped by the Army's personnel living there. Basildon is the location of State Street Corporation's United Kingdom HQ International Financial Data Services and remains heavily dependent on London for employment, due to its proximity and direct transport routes. Southend-on-Sea is home to the Adventure Island theme park and is one of the few still growing British seaside resorts, benefiting from modern and direct rail links from Fenchurch Street railway station and Liverpool Street station (so that housing is in high demand, especially for financial services commuters), which maintains the town's commercial and general economy. Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 10 October 2023.

By 1381, England's economic situation was very poor due to the war with France, so a new Poll Tax was levied with commissioners being sent round the country to interrogate local officials in an attempt to ensure tax evasion was reduced and more money extracted. This was hugely unpopular and the Peasants' Revolt broke out in Brentwood on 1 June 1381. Bradfield, Bradfield Heath, Brantham, Harkstead, Lower Holbrook, Manningtree, Mistley, New Mistley, Stutton, Upper Street, Wrabness, CO11 2, CO11 1, IP9 2 In 1471, during the Wars of the Roses a force of around 2,000 Essex supporters of the Lancastrian cause crossed Bow Bridge to join with 3,000 Kentish Lancastrian supporters under the Bastard of Fauconberg.Claudius held a review of his invasion force on Lexden Heath where the army formally proclaimed him Imperator. The invasion force that assembled before him included four legions, mounted auxiliaries and an elephant corps – a force of around 30,000 men. [8] At Colchester, the kings of 11 British tribes surrendered to Claudius. [9] When Daniel Defoe came this way in 1722, Essex was still a rural county, yet the growth of London was just beginning to have an effect in the very south-western parts: