Caption For Leigh On Sea, 1891
Essex lacks
natural rock so skills in the use of wood and brick-making
have been well developed over the centuries.Attractive wrought
iron fencing surrounds the long gardens on the right.
Caption For Epsom, Race Day C1955
Loyal enthusiasm
reached a peak with Queen Elizabeth II's
arrival at the Derby, but spectators' loyalties
were divided between the two horses that
fought out the finish.
Caption For Newlyn, 1903
Here we see a corner in the old part of the fishing village, with a Victorian granite house added on the right.
Caption For Great Chart, The Village 1908
Three small children play on the long village street leading up the hill to the church, lined with well-kept red-brick
and timbered cottages and neat gardens, and with the Swan public house halfway along
Caption For Rye, West Street 1888
Thomas House, the timber-framed building on the left, has been well restored, while the corner house was replaced in 1920 by a brick and tile-hung Neo-Georgian Lloyds Bank, a most attractive building fronting
Caption For Wickhambreaux, The Post Office 1903
On the banks of the Little Stour, whose waters flow peacefully under the bridge on the left, the small general stores and post office on the right served this little hidden village with its 18th- and 19th-century
Caption For Shoeburyness, Ness Road C1955
In the
foreground stands the arch of the Conservative Club, with the solid
brick-built Cambridge Hotel next door.The honey-pot style telegraph
poles carry lines to the surrounding buildings.