Publications Page

The Society produces several types of publication. An annual journal called Essex Archaeology and History; a Newsletter (winter, spring, summer); Occasional Papers; and Essex Place-Name Project booklets. Further details and availability are given below.

ESAH’s list of surplus books is now available to view online at www.blackmorehistory.co.uk/esah.html , giving opportunity for the general public to make enquiries and purchases. Please could you make this widely known amongst your historical group contacts.

The first and second (new) series, and the first three volumes of the third series, were published as the Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society. The name of the journal changed to Essex Archaeology and History from volume 4 (1972) of the third series.

Enquires about the availability of back numbers should be directed to Greyfriars Books, 92b East Hill, Colchester CO1 2QN (phone 01206 563138 or e-mail   essexbooks@greyfriarsbooks.co.uk) who hold most of the Society’s backstock of journals. If they are unable to help with your particular requirement, please contact Andrew Phillips, Honorary Librarian, ESAH, Hollytrees Museum, Colchester.

E-mail: andrewb.phillips@lineone.net

The calendar of Feet of Fines for Essex was launched in 1899, at first published in parts but later gathered into four volumes. The series was later extended by two more privately produced volumes.

Volume 1. 1182-1272, ed., R.E.G. Kirk (1910)

Volume 2. 1272-1326, ed., R.C. Fowler (1928)

Volume 3. 1327-1422, ed., S.C. Ratcliff (1949)

Volume 4. 1423-1547, ed., P.H. Reaney and M. Fitch (1964)

Volume 5. 1547-1580, ed., M. Fitch and F. Emmison (Leopard’s Head Press, 1991)

Volume 6. 1581-1603, ed., F.G. Emmison (Leopard’s Head Press, 1993)

Enquires about the availability of Volumes 1 to 4 should be directed to Andrew Phillips, Honorary Librarian, ESAH, Hollytrees Museum, Colchester.

E-mail: andrewb.phillips@lineone.net

Enquiries about the availability of Volumes 5 and 6 should be directed to the Essex Record Office Bookshop, Wharf Road, Chelmsford.

Tel. 01245 244648. E-mail: ero@essexcc.gov.uk

Credit card orders are accepted.

The following three occasional papers were produced on the initiative of G.M. Benton, the Society’s Hon. Secretary (1923-53), Editor (1929-59), and President (1950-55). All relate to historical records and received financial and other support from the Essex Record Office.

No. 1   J.L. Fisher, ed., Cartularium Prioratus de Colne (1946).

No. 2   F.G. Emmison, ed., Guide to the Essex Quarter Sessions and other Official Records (1946).

No. 3   E. Chapin Furber, ed., Essex Sessions of the Peace, 1351, 1377-1379 (1953).

Enquires about availability should be directed to Andrew Phillips, Honorary Librarian, ESAH, Hollytrees Museum, Colchester.

E-mail: andrewb.phillips@lineone.net

This New Series of Occasional Papers is designed to commemorate the 150^th anniversary of the foundation of our Society in 1852. It has been funded by the Society’s Publications Development Fund which has proved so successful since its establishment in 1992. The Society is pleased that the New Series is being produced in collaboration with the Essex Record Office.

The New Series aims to provide well-illustrated popular guides to topics of archaeological and historical interest relating to the historic county of Essex. They will concentrate on providing topics previously neglected, and, it is hoped, may stimulate further research.

No.1    John Hunter, Field Systems in Essex (published in 2004)

Available from: Dr. Chris Thornton, 75 Victoria Road, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5HE.

 Price in UK: £5.95 per copy including postage and packing. Please send your address plus cheques in sterling payable to “Essex Society for Archaeology and History”.

 Overseas orders: Please e-mail an enquiry first to Dr. Thornton: ccthorn@essex.ac.uk

The Society’s annual journal is of outstanding quality, partly due to the generous funding of some of the archaeological articles by Essex County Council and other bodies. However, historical articles rarely obtain grants and, in order to overcome this disadvantage, the Society set up the Publications Development Fund in 1993. It was agreed from the outset that the capital should be inalienable and that grants to assist publication would be made only from the interest earned. The Fund has grown steadily from donations, bequests, royalties and (recently) from Gift Aid relief and now stands at over £22,000. With the present low interest rates and the Society’s intention to publish more historical articles, it is important to keep the Fund growing. Bequests or any donations, in cash or kind, will be most welcome and should be sent to Bill Abbott bill.abbott@btinternet.com. The signing a Gift Aid declaration enables the Society to increase the value of the donation at no cost whatsoever to the donor.  

The Essex Place-name Project (EPNP), adopted by the Society in 1996, seeks to record and investigate field names and minor place names for the historic county of Essex. The initial stage of the project involves volunteers, individuals, groups, and local societies, transcribing the mid 19^th century tithe awards for Essex onto a database. The database is available for public consultation at the Essex Record Office and interested volunteers should also inquire at the Essex Record Office for further information.

Print-outs from the database are being made available through collaboration between the Society and the Essex Record Office. Each booklet contains tables of names and other data taken from the tithe award plus a map.

Booklets come in three sizes, small, medium and large depending on the size of the parish and the amount of data contained in the booklet. They are priced at £2.50 (small), £4.50 (medium) and £6.50 (large). Postage and packing is charged at cost.

Available from the Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford.

Tel. 01245 244648. E-mail: ero@essexcc.gov.uk