31. Kids' Corner in Mersea Museum 2006 season. The wheel was loaned by Martin Wade and had been rescued from the sailing barge UNITY by John Milgate. Nelson's Cabin ...
Date: 26 June 2006
Image ID IA003390

32. Gun punt built by William Wyatt at West Mersea in 1919. It has its original gun and was used for wildfowling in Mersea for many years, owned by Charlie Stoker ...
Date: 1 May 2008
Image ID IA003400

33. Anchor recovered from Barrow Deep by West Mersea fisherman Pat Mead, at the Hythe, Colchester, en route to Mersea.
Date: 1977
Image ID IA003410

34. Anchor recovered from Barrow Deep by West Mersea fisherman Pat Mead, at the Hythe en route to Mersea.
Date: 1977
Image ID IA003411

35. The Horned Lizard, by Richard Perry Bedford, 1883-1967.

Comment by Jenny Vuglar 21 February 2012: "Interesting - only image of his work I have been ...
Date: 2009
Image ID IA004220

36. The first or second vertebra, after the head, of a mammoth. It would have been dredged from the sea - a fact that is obvious, to the expert, from its colour and ...
Image ID IA004225_VERTEBRA

37. Mirror that was broken by the earthquake 22 April 1884, donated to the Museum January 2012.
A note on the back of the mirror says
"This Mirror is a ...
Date: 29 June 1884
Image ID IA004542

38. The Museum's telephone box on the move, prior to repainting. Transport provided by Duncan Pittock.
Date: 19 January 2016
Image ID IA01_525

39. Sewing machine that was left inside the Museum grounds September 2019 - donor unknown.
The machine is an Essex Miniature Sewing Machine manufactured by The ...
Date: 28 September 2019
Image ID IA01_694

40. Milk bottle from Brierley Hall Dairy, West Mersea, found on the mud at Mersea Hard by David Conway July 2018. The bottle has barnacles on its bottom and was ...
Date: 1 August 2018
Image ID IA01_801

41. Small two burner paraffin stove used by donor's grandmother, Edith Hyam, from Peldon. On display in Mersea Museum.
Accession No. 2010.08.004D donated by ...
Date: 5 September 2018
Image ID IA01_845

42. Bison bones found on the mudflats off East Mersea. They were found by Chris Nower and Julie Shead, and identified by Steve Boreham of the University of ...
Date: 22 April 2011
Image ID IA01_BIS_001

43. Bison bones found off East Mersea by Chris Nower and Julie Shead. They were found approximately 100 yards off the beach near Cosway's caravan park. One small ...
Date: cApril 2011
Image ID IA01_BIS_007

44. Illuminated crown - made of papier mache with light fittings around the edge and on the front. Donated to the Museum Accession No. 2016.05.002.
The crown ...
Date: 13 March 2022
Image ID IA03_701

45. Clay sculptured panel found behind a fireplace at the White Hart during renovations. Donated to Mersea Museum by Basil Underwood 1978
Date: 18 August 2024
Image ID IA04_521

46. Charles Godfrey Bonner. This Memorial Plaque was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British Empire service personnel who were killed as ...
Date: 27 August 1918
Image ID IYS_194_005

47. A piece of shrapnel from the land mine which came down in the road in East Mersea.

20 November 1940 Parachute mine dropped on road between West and ...
Date: 21 November 1940
Image ID JAS_001

48. Charles First coin c1297, minted London.
Found by Jim Pullen between Rewsalls Farm and East Mersea Church. Details given to the Finds Officer in Colchester ...
Date: c1297
Image ID JP01_001_001

49. Saxon Sherd found by Jim Pullen by the Monkey Beach 14 March 2020.
It is recorded on Colchester Heritage Explorer ...
Date: c800
Image ID JP01_002_001

50. West Mersea Jubilee 1897 Mug
Date: 1897
Image ID LIL_OPA_039

51. Plaques in memory of Ralph and Susan Luckham at Mersea Museum

Upper
In Memory of Ralph Luckhamd 1920 to 1990 and Susan Luckham 1922 to ...
Date: 6 October 2022
Image ID LUC_PLQ_001

52. Oysters and Ale, by Heather Haward
A collection of poems written by Emma Haward, born East Mersea 1836 and died 1881.
ISBN ...
Date: 2002
Image ID MBK_006_001

53. Unfinished Tapestry. Memoir of a Mersea Island Girl, by Margherita Oppezzo.
Published 2017, ISBN 978 198 126 9075.
Available in the Museum Shop
Image ID MBK_UFT_001

54. Mersea Island Museum Trust Newsletter 24.
Welcome to the Eighties, by M. Kettle, Pownall Crescent, Colchester.
Particular thanks to Mrs Garrard and Mr ...
Date: February 1980
Image ID MIMT_NL24_001

55. Mistral. Journal of the Mersea Island Society. January 1990. Page 52.
Jubilee Seat.

The seat that is now in the Museum car park was originally ...
Date: January 1990
Image ID MIS_1990_069

56. Mersea Museum - inside the Cottage, the fisherman mending a net.
Date: June 2011
Image ID MLD_COT_004

57. Henry III Silver Penny found in field at Wellhouse, West Mersea .
On the left, the face is a crowned king, and the letters RIC are part of Henricus. The ...
Date: 15 March 2017
Image ID MMB_011

58. Victorian Letter box, now part of Mersea Museum collection. It was originally at The Hard in the wall of the shed (now known as the old Lifeboat Shed) in front ...
Date: 20 May 2017
Image ID MMB_021

59. Motor Fuel Ration Book. This book is the property of Her Majesty's Government. This probably dates from the 1973 Oil Crisis.
Accession No. 20 ...
Date: c1973
Image ID MMC_2004_011_008

60. Air Raid Precautions. Notice to Mersea Men aged about 35 and over. YOU ARE WANTED to enrol for voluntary training and work with The Air Raid Precautions ...
Date: c1940
Image ID MMC_2006_08_008_A