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    land of all freedom (Old English: Ēastseaxna rīce; Latin: Regnum Orientalium Saxonum), referred to as the Kingdom of Essex /ˈɛsɪks/, was one of the seven...
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    Essex (/ˈɛsɪks/ ESS-iks) is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the...
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  • Look up Essex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Essex is the name of a county in England, named after the ancient Kingdom of Essex. A number of places...
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    The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, it is one of the original plate glass...
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    Mercian overlords. In 825 he finally ceded the kingdom of Essex to Egbert of Wessex. There are some records of Sigered’s possible vassalage to Wessex, but...
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    Essex girl, as a pejorative stereotype in the United Kingdom, applies to a woman viewed as promiscuous and unintelligent, characteristics jocularly attributed...
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    division of Anglo-Saxon England between the sixth and eighth centuries into petty kingdoms, conventionally the seven kingdoms of East Anglia, Essex, Kent...
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    lorry in Grays, Essex, United Kingdom. The trailer had been shipped from the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, to Purfleet, Essex, UK, and the lorry cab and its...
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    part of the emergent kingdom of England. Colchester and Maldon established themselves as Essex's principal towns by the end of this period. Essex has been...
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  • Essex Boys is a 2000 British crime film. It was directed by Terry Winsor and stars Sean Bean, Alex Kingston, Tom Wilkinson, Charlie Creed-Miles and Holly...
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    David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he attained 19 Top 40 singles in...
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    Hwicce (redirect from Rulers of Hwicce)
    either the kingdom of Essex or Sussex. The exact boundaries of the kingdom remain uncertain, though it is likely that they coincided with those of the old...
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    listed in some Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies as the first king of Essex and father of Sledd. Most sources list Sledd as the first king and Æscwine's existence...
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    Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the...
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    Middle Saxons (category History of Middlesex)
    kingdom, and we may say with a considerable amount of certainty that it formed part of the kingdom of Essex (...).' However, F.M. Stenton (1971) comments that...
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    Essex endured through the Diocese of London, re-established in 604 as the East Saxon see, and its boundaries continued to be based on the Kingdom of Essex...
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    Chigwell (redirect from Grange Hill, Essex)
    Forest District of Essex, England. It is part of the urban and metropolitan area of London, and is adjacent to the northern boundary of Greater London...
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    Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (/ˈdɛvəˌruː/; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically...
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    Chelmsford (redirect from Chelmsford, Essex)
    (/ˈtʃɛlmzfərd/) is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county...
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  • Start Hill (redirect from Start Hill, Essex)
    in the civil parish of Great Hallingbury, in the Uttlesford district, in the county of Essex, England. It is near the town of Bishop's Stortford. Start...
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    3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (/ˈdɛvəˌruː/; 11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th...
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  • Sighere was the joint king of the Kingdom of Essex along with his cousin Sæbbi from 663 or 664 until about 688. He was son of Sigeberht Sæwarding, probably...
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    Mercian sub-kingdom of Kent (the area of the modern county plus Essex, Surrey and Sussex) and appointed him sub-king. In 835 the Isle of Sheppey was ravaged...
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    East Anglia (redirect from Anglia (kingdom))
    definitions of East Anglia, including by the London Society of East Anglians. Although the Kingdom of Essex to the south was a separate element of the heptarchy...
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    The Ford Essex V6 engine is a 60° V6 engine built between 1966 and 1988 by the Ford Motor Company in the United Kingdom and until 2000 in South Africa...
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  • Thundersley Epping This is a list of settlements in Essex by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in...
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  • Essex man and Mondeo man are stereotypical figures which were popularised in 1990s Britain. The "Essex man" as a political figure is an example of a type...
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    called Clacton, is a seaside town and resort in the county of Essex, on the east coast of England. It is located on the Tendring Peninsula and is the...
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    over Essex. Another son, Swæfheard, would rule the Kingdom of Kent. Sæbbi died in 695 and was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London...
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    The Essex is a breed of domestic pig originating in the United Kingdom. The Essex, in its traditional form, was a smallish pig with 'pricked' ears and...
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