Essex
Chelmsford's home county
Essex is a county in southeastern England, northeast of London.
The name, meaning "East Saxons," marks the territory of one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
In British slang, Essex carries class connotations—"Essex girl" and "Essex man" are stereotypes suggesting flashy tastes, loud behavior, and working-class aspiration: She's got that Essex look with the fake tan and big hair.
Dip between two peaks
- blackDarkest possible hue
- piedHaving patchy coloring
- rare breedExceptionally uncommon type
- smallholdingSmall cultivated land parcel
Historic Essex municipality
- BrentwoodAffluent westside neighborhood
- BraintreeMassachusetts town, presidential birthplace
- boroughsMunicipal administrative districts
- districtsDefined administrative regions
Harlow · council · constituency · municipal · jurisdiction · governance · administration · regional
Rural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- marshesWaterlogged land with grasses
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- ThamesLondon's river
hedgerows · fields · meadows · orchards · agriculture · pastoral · villages · landscapes
Ancient Italy's imperial people
- Anglo-SaxonsGermanic peoples in medieval England
- VikingsMedieval Scandinavian seafarers
- NormansViking-descended medieval conquerors
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
priory · monasteries · manors · Boudicca · Mayflower · Domesday · charters · archaeology
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- dialectRegional language variety
- cockneyLondon working-class dialect
East End · cultural · preservation · legacy · ancestry · genealogy · lineage · roots
Hereditary portion of identity
- patronymicName from father's name
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
bloodline · ancestors · descendants · forebears · English surname · nobility · peerage
saddleback
Dip between two peaks
- blackDarkest possible hue
- piedHaving patchy coloring
- rare breedExceptionally uncommon type
smallholding · bacon · pork
Colchester
Historic Essex municipality
- BrentwoodAffluent westside neighborhood
- BraintreeMassachusetts town, presidential birthplace
- boroughsMunicipal administrative districts
Harlow · districts · council · constituency · municipal · jurisdiction · governance · administration · regional
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
Thames · hedgerows · fields · meadows · orchards · agriculture · pastoral · villages · landscapes · saltmarshes
Romans
Ancient Italy's imperial people
- Anglo-SaxonsGermanic peoples in medieval England
- VikingsMedieval Scandinavian seafarers
- NormansViking-descended medieval conquerors
medieval · priory · monasteries · manors · Boudicca · Mayflower · Domesday · charters · archaeology · Tudor
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- dialectRegional language variety
cockney · East End · cultural · preservation · legacy · ancestry · genealogy · lineage · roots
family name
Hereditary portion of identity
- patronymicName from father's name
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
clan · bloodline · ancestors · descendants · forebears · English surname · nobility · peerage
- British IslesEngland, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland
- British PlacesBuckingham Palace, England, Tower of London, London, Big Ben
- CountiesCork, Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Mayo
- Anglo-Saxon KingdomsEast Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, Kent, Lindsey
- British NobilityYork, Windsor, Cambridge, Kent, Cornwall
- DuchiesAnjou, Aquitaine, Austria, Baden, Bavaria
EssexCornwall
Southwestern English peninsula county
Cumbria · Northumberland · Devon · Lancashire · Yorkshire