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A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6
Includes parishes of Becontree hundred now within the London boroughs of Newham, Waltham Forest and Redbridge. These include West and East Ham, Walthamstow and Wanstead. The rest of the hundred is treated in volume 5.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 2
A part-volume covering the religious houses of the county.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5
Provides a thematic account of the growth of metropolitan Essex since 1850. Also contains topographical accounts of Barking, Ilford, Dagenham and other areas of Essex now within greater London.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 7
Covers the ancient parishes, formerly within the liberty of Havering-atte-Bower and now within the London borough of Havering, and those in Chafford hundred in western Essex now bordering London. It includes accounts of Hornchurch, Romford, Havering and Rainham.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4, Ongar Hundred
Covers the 26 parishes of Ongar hundred, including Chipping and High Ongar, Chigwell, Stondon Massey and Theydon Bois.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8
Accounts of the parishes of Chafford and Harlow hundreds, including Brentwood, Harlow and Thurrock.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe
Exploring the area of Lexden Hundred to the north and west of Colchester.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 9, the Borough of Colchester
The volume, the first full-scale, comprehensive and scholarly history of the ancient borough of Colchester to be published, describes the life of the oldest and for long the largest town in Essex from the Iron Age to 1990.
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 1, North West
The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England survey, covering the north west of the county, including the towns of Thaxted and Saffron Walden and Audley End House.
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 3, North East
The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England survey, covering the north east of the county, including the towns of Colchester and Harwich.