Talk:History of Essex

Barstable or Barnstable[edit]

Is the first (alphabetical) hundred Bastable or Barnstable? An article for Barstable exists and this article quotes Barnstable. Ksbrown^talk 22:43, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Most sources I'm aware of give Barstable (eg Place Names of Essex. I've changed it and await reaction. Rjm at sleepers 06:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

VoB has BARSTABLE (Preferred) and BARNSTAPLE (Alternate). [1]. MRSC • Talk 10:21, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about the development -[edit]

- along the River Thames? Surely that was almost equally as important as the railways! Peter Shearan (talk) 13:53, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Straight from 'Norman Essex' to 'Victorian era'[edit]

That's quite a gap. And did the Earls of Essex have any significance for the county? Valetude (talk) 11:24, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]