Essex 2 (BIR - )
Reference code
EAR/01/02
Title
Essex 2 (BIR - )
Date
undated; compiled c. 1860-1912
Level of description
file
Extent and format
1 volume
Scope and content
Folder containing various types of media relating to the following locations: Birch, Birchanger, Birdbrook, Blackmore, Black Notley, Bocking, Boreham, Borley, Bowerd Gifford, Boxted, Bradford, Bradwell-Coggeshead, Bradwell-Mare, Braintree, Braxted and Brentwood. The collection includes engravings, pencil sketches, family crests, floor plans, reprinted photographs, portraiture, rubbings, watercolours and photographs. They show landscapes, historic buildings, details of Roman remains and tomb monuments. Also, a selection of copies of portraits including George Moncke, Duke of Albemarle and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and some engraved copies of portraits of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. All items are mounted on sheets of cardstock.
Creator
Earle, Joseph Sim (1839-1912), yachtsman and antiquary