Among the stories recorded in Essex from 25 years ago were the opening of the first MacDonalds in Clacton and the Queen's visit to Colchester. In Laindon, it was recorded that Shirley Ellis had ...

One city in northeastern Essex ... England is the second-largest settlement in the county. Many will be surprised to know it’s also Britain’s oldest recorded town and its first city ...

Colchester is quietly one of England’s most attraction-packed cities. One of the longest and best preserved Roman town walls in Britain? The Essex city’s got that. A medieval castle dating ...