The place names of England, so intriguing to visitors, are an important key to the archaeology and local history of an area. The county of Essex has an impressive array of ancient and unusual names, such as Messing (the ancestral village of George W Bush), Ongar, Mucking, Hatfield Peverel and Coggeshall.
This book covers not only village and town names but many of the more unusual street names, ancient and modern, together with a Who's Who of the people whose names are featured in Essex topography. An academic, but easy to read survey.
The author has a specialist knowledge of the subject and is involved in the Place Names Project run by the University of Essex in conjunction with the Essex Record Office.
245 x 185mm (softcover with 115 illustrations) 160 pages
Published 2007
