Here are some of the Old English names for places around Essex. Fingringhoe near Colchester means the "hill-spur of the Fingringas". This is a tribal name translating into the "people who dwell on the ...

One name that sticks out to new ears is Stock, a village south of Chelmsford and in the parliamentary constituency of Maldon. The University of Nottingham says Stock could mean 'Hereweard's outlying ...

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More than 250 people celebrated the 50th anniversary of a history museum in Essex. The anniversary event, held on Sunday at the Feering and Kelvedon Local History Museum, featured vintage bus rides, ...

Three-year-old Loki from Kelvedon, Essex, went missing on 28 March and returned home on Tuesday with the rusted gin trap on his front right leg. A vet had to amputate his leg and give him strong ...