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This database contains some of the books, papers and records held by Mersea Museum.
Found 802 files - displaying 801 to 802 sorted by Date Added Descending
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Article |
More about Essex Duck Decoys |
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EC73_01_A01 |
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Title |
More about Essex Duck Decoys |
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Abstract |
MORE ABOUT ESSEX DECOYS
At one time Essex had more duck decoys than any other part of the country with the exception of Lincolnshire, but now all of them have gone.
Many no doubt are already well aware that a duck decoy is an area of water built or adapted for catching ducks. ... |
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Published |
January 1973
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Essex Countryside
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34-35
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Article |
Mersea Island: the 11th-century Boundaries; *** King Edward Charter |
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ID |
EAH_014_087 |
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Title |
Mersea Island: the 11th-century Boundaries; *** King Edward Charter |
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Abstract |
Deramy's Stone stands on the boundary between East and West Mersea. The plaque below the stone (erected in January 1975) says the stone marks the Boundary of the Manor of West Mersea granted by King Edward the Confessor to the Monastery of St. Ouen in 1046. However, there is much doubt about this.
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Keywords |
Deremy's, Deramy's, Deramy, Deremy |
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Volume |
14
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Published |
1982
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Essex Archaeology and History
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Page |
87
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803 |
Article |
Essex Archaeology and History |
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ID |
EAH_014_077 |
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Title |
Essex Archaeology and History |
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Abstract |
The only road onto Mersea Island crosses the end of the Strood and Pyefleet channels on a causeway known as the Strood. The road has been raised over the years, but below the present road can be found oak piles which indicate the presence of a causeway here in Anglo-Saxon times. The name 'Strood' is ... |
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Author |
Tony Millatt |
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Keywords |
dendro |
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Volume |
14
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Published |
1982
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Source |
Mersea Museum / Essex Archaeology and History
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Page |
77
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804 |
Article |
Yacht ERIDANI II built Wyatt Mersea 1957-1959 |
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ID |
TXA00070 |
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Title |
Yacht ERIDANI II built Wyatt Mersea 1957-1959 |
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Abstract |
In March 2009, the Museum had an enquiry from two brothers
who were about to embark on the restoration of a Yacht called ERIDANI 2. They knew she was built in West Mersea by William Wyatt between 1957 and 1959. She was designed by a man called John (Jolyon) Sloggett and has a Lloyds registration ... |
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Published |
7 March 2009
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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805 |
Article |
William Wyatt - shipwright of West Mersea |
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ID |
BOXL_018 |
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Title |
William Wyatt - shipwright of West Mersea |
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Abstract |
West Mersea has for centuries been the home of mariners, fishermen, oystermen, sailmakers, wildfowlers and builders and repairers of small wooden craft, from smacks to yachts and dinghies. From the early nineteenth to the mid twentieth century shipwrights Thomas Wyatt and then his son William ... |
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Author |
John Leather |
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Keywords |
jinnie |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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Article |
The Bumkins of Essex - article by John Leather |
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ID |
BOXB8_076 |
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Title |
The Bumkins of Essex - article by John Leather |
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Abstract |
The Bumkins Of Essex
Draft article by John Leather.
It is not known if this was published.
Transcribed by Joe Vince June 2025
No, this is not about a lot of old farmers arguing over their subsidy money but a brief review of a type of small working boat of hazy origins, a few of which ... |
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Author |
John Leather |
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Source |
Mersea Museum
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