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Interwar Harwich – new draft history available!

To mark the upload of a draft chapter on Harwich 1919-1939, VCH Essex researcher Dr Andrew Senter has written a post about the growth of motor traffic, and attempts to accommodate it, as Harwich and Dovercourt went through a period of considerable modernisation between the wars. The increased use of the roads by private motorContinue reading “Interwar Harwich – new draft history available!”

Annual Symposium programme

Join us for an exciting in-person afternoon event on Saturday 4th October at the Galleywood Heritage Centre, exploring research about crime and society in Anglo-Saxon, early-modern and eighteenth-century Essex. There will be a series of four fascinating talks with a mid-afternoon break for tea and cake (included in the £15 ticket price), a booksale andContinue reading “Annual Symposium programme”

A difficult start to his new post? William Innes, vicar of Dovercourt cum Harwich (1619–1639)

In this blog, Herbert Eiden uncovers the tricky relations between William Innes and his parishioners in Harwich. Shortly after Thomas Drax, the incumbent vicar of Dovercourt cum Harwich, died in January 1619, the bishop of London presented William Innes on 18th March 1619 as perpetual vicar to the parish. Since the dissolution of Colne Priory,Continue reading “A difficult start to his new post? William Innes, vicar of Dovercourt cum Harwich (1619–1639)”

Religion, Reformation and Society

As we continue planning for this year’s annual symposium at the Galleywood Heritage Centre on Saturday 4th October, a look back at last year’s event! We were grateful to three of our trustees, Lord Petre, Dr Amanda Flather and Sir Graham Hart for giving talks, alongside our long-term friend the architectural historian Dr James Bettley.Continue reading “Religion, Reformation and Society”

New volume on Southend published!

We’re delighted to announce the publication of our latest short-form volume, which was launched at the Civic Centre in Southend on Friday 11th April. In this blog, editor Ken Crowe introduces the book. With so many histories of Southend having been produced over the years, and many still in print, the aim of the VCHContinue reading “New volume on Southend published!”