Wilson, Roger J.A. (2002) A Guide to the Roman Remains in Britain (Fourth Edition). Published by Constable. ( ISBN 1-84119-318-6) The map below shows the counties of England with the county of Essex highlighted: Map of England Showing Essex Billericay - A rural commuter town near to Basildon in Essex, Billericay was settled as long ago as the Iron and Bronze Age. Billericay Map. Rippon, Stephen (2018) [2018]. Kingdom, Civitas, and County. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p.108. ISBN 978-0-19-875937-9.

When the Middle Ages calmed down, Essex became a prosperous county. Its farmers produced fine wool and its merchants traded across the seas. The A120 is a major route heading west from the ports of Harwich and Felixstowe (Suffolk) and, like the A12, the route was in use during the Roman period and, in part at least, before then.The Essex coast was prey to Vikings, skilled in navigating the creeks, and several of the place-names of Essex are evidence of Danish settlement here. While Danish rule was overthrown in the early tenth century, the Vikings were still on the seas and in service too with ambitious rulers; it was the Battle of Maldon in Essex in 991, recalled in verse, which marked a new onslaught leading to the victory of Swegn and his son King Cnut. In 1471, during the Wars of the Roses a force of around 2,000 Essex supporters of the Lancastrian cause crossed Bow Bridge to join with 3,000 Kentish Lancastrian supporters under the Bastard of Fauconberg. Crummy, Philip (1997) City of Victory; the story of Colchester – Britain's first Roman town. Published by Colchester Archaeological Trust ( ISBN 1 897719 04 3)

Bean, Betsham, Bluewater, Darenth, Green Street Green, Greenhithe, Hawley, Hook Green, Istead Rise, Lane End, Northfleet, Northfleet Green, Perry Street, South Darenth, Southfleet, Stone, Sutton at Hone, Swanscombe, DA2 8, DA13 9, DA9 9, DA2 7, DA11 9, DA11 7, DA4 9, DA10 0Industry is largely limited to the south of the county and the majority of the land elsewhere is given over to agriculture. Harlow is a centre for electronics, science and pharmaceutical companies, while Chelmsford is the home of Marconi (now called telent plc), Basildon home to New Holland Agriculture's European headquarters and Loughton is home to a printing facility for British and foreign banknotes. Ford Motor Company has its main plant at Dagenham and its European headquarters in Brentwood. Chelmsford has been an important location for electronics companies since the industry was born, and is also the location for a number of insurance and financial services organisations. Business otherwise in the county is dominated by light engineering and the service sector. Before the creation of the county councils, county-level administration was limited in nature; lord-lieutenants replaced the sheriffs from the time of Henry VIII and took a primarily military role, responsible for the militia and the Volunteer Force that replaced it. The boundary with Greater London was established in 1965, when East Ham and West Ham county boroughs and the Barking, Chingford, Dagenham, Hornchurch, Ilford, Leyton, Romford, Walthamstow and Wanstead and Woodford districts as well as a part of Chigwell [45] were transferred to form the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.

The University of Essex, which was established in 1963, is located just outside Colchester, with two further campuses in Loughton and Southend-on-Sea. Youth Council | Harlow Council". www.harlow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017 . Retrieved 14 February 2017. The tribe were in extended conflict with their western neighbours, the Catuvellauni, and steadily lost ground. By AD 10 they had come under the complete control of the Catuvellauni, who took Colchester as their own capital. [7] Roman [ edit ] Britain's richest towns: 20 - 11". The Daily Telegraph(London).18 April 2008 . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3361038/Britains-richest-towns-20-11.html.

Aingers Green, Great Bentley, Great Clacton, Holland-on-Sea, Little Clacton, Row Heath, Thorpe Green, Thorpe-le-Soken, Weeley, Weeley Heath, CO7 8, CO15 4, CO15 5, CO16 9, CO16 0 Essex evolved from the Kingdom of the East Saxons, a polity which is likely to have its roots in the territory of the Iron Age Trinovantes tribe. [6] Iron Age [ edit ]