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Essex River
Essex () is a Ceremonial counties of England, county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Greater London to the south and south-west. There are three cities in Essex: Southend, Colchester and Chelmsford, in order of population. For the purposes of government statistics, Essex is placed in the East of England Regions of England, region. There are four definitions of the extent of Essex, the widest being the Historic counties of England, ancient county. Next, the largest is the former postal county, followed by the ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county, with the smallest being the administrative county—the area administered by the Essex County Council, County Council, which excludes the two unitary unitary authority, authorities of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea. The ceremonial county occupi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Essex
The Essex flag is the flag of the Counties of England, English county of Essex. The flag of Essex is ancient in origin and features three notched Saxon seaxes (cutlasses) on a red field. The earliest references to the flag being used to represent the county date back to the 17th century. ''A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence'', written in 1605 by Richard Rowlands, Richard Verstegan, referred to the Anglo-Saxons bearing a standard of "Three seaxes argent, in a field gules". Similarly, cartographer John Speed included the flag in his 1611 atlas ''The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine''. Winston Churchill (Cavalier), Sir Winston Churchill also included the three seaxes as being representative of Essex in his 1675 work ''Divi Britannici''. As a result of this, the symbol was installed on a stained glass window in Westminster Abbey in 1735. By 1815 the flag had become synonymous with the county, appearing as the masthead on the ''Essex Chronicle, Chelmsford Chronicle'' and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
