Essex (Paperback)

1. County and shire. The word Essex. Its origin and meaning; 2. General characteristics. Position and natural conditions; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries. Detached portion. Transfer of parishes; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed. Rivers - Thames, Stour, Lea, Roding, Bourne Brook, and Ingerburn; 6. Rivers - Colne, Blackwater, Chelmer, Crouch, and Cam; 7. Geology and soil; 8. Natural history; 9. The coast - from Bow Creek to Southend; 10. The coast - from Southend to Harwich; 11. The coast - the islands; 12. The coast. Its loss and gain. Its protection. Sandbanks. Lighthouses and lightships; 13. Climate and rainfall; 14. People - race. Dialect. Settlements. Population; 15. Agriculture - main cultivations. Woodlands. Stock; 16. Industries and manufactures; 17. Fisheries and fishing stations; 18. History of Essex. I; 19. History of Essex. II; 20. Antiquities - prehistoric. Roman, Saxon; 21. Architecture. (a) Ecclesiastical - churches; 22. Architecture. (b) Ecclesiastical - religious houses; 23. Architecture. (c) Military - castles and moated houses; 24. Architecture. (d) Domestic - famous seats, manor houses, and cottages; 25. Communications - past and present - roads and railways; 26. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern; 27. The roll of honour of the county; 28. The chief towns and villages of Essex.