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Essex (/ ˈ ɛ s ɪ k s / ESS-iks) is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties.It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the south, Greater London to the south-west, and Hertfordshire to the west.
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Wallasea Island; Waltham Abbey; Walton-on-the-Naze; Warley; Wendens Ambo; West Bergholt; Westcliff-on-Sea; West Hanningfield; West Horndon; West Mersea; West Tilbury
The Heptarchy is the name for the division of Anglo-Saxon England between the sixth and eighth centuries into petty kingdoms, conventionally the seven kingdoms of East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex, and Wessex.
This link to Essex endured through the Diocese of London, re-established in 604 as the East Saxon see, and its boundaries continued to be based on the Kingdom of Essex until the nineteenth century. The name means territory of the middle Saxons. The word is formed from the Old English, 'middel' and 'Seaxe' [12] ('Saxons') (cf. Essex, Sussex and ...
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties.
Rod Stewart's home, Durrington House, in Essex, England. According to the Daily Mail , rock superstar Rod Stewart has just picked up the 10-bedroom Durrington House in Essex, about 30 miles ...
Grays (or Grays Thurrock) [1] is the largest town in the borough and unitary authority area of Thurrock, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England.The town, which is both a former civil parish and one of Thurrock's traditional Church of England parishes, is located on the north bank of the River Thames.