Talk:History of Essex
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Barstable or Barnstable
[edit]Is the first (alphabetical) hundred Bastable or Barnstable? An article for Barstable exists and this article quotes Barnstable. Ksbrowntalk 22:43, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Most sources I'm aware of give Barstable (eg Place Names of Essex. I've changed it and await reaction. Rjm at sleepers 06:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
- VoB has BARSTABLE (Preferred) and BARNSTAPLE (Alternate). [1]. MRSC • Talk 10:21, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
What about the development -
[edit]- along the River Thames? Surely that was almost equally as important as the railways! Peter Shearan (talk) 13:53, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Straight from 'Norman Essex' to 'Victorian era'
[edit]That's quite a gap. And did the Earls of Essex have any significance for the county? Valetude (talk) 11:24, 19 December 2021 (UTC)