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Essex Leasing

Did You Know?

Essex is a county in the southeast, between London and the North Sea. The town of Colchester has Roman ruins and the Norman-era Colchester Castle, with a museum. Colchester Zoo is home to orang-utans and white rhinos. Southwest, 18th-century Hylands House in Chelmsford is set amid vast parklands. To the north of Essex is the medieval market town of Saffron Walden, home to Jacobean estate Audley End House and Gardens.

Essex is a county in the south of England, north-east of London. It borders the counties of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, which is the only city in the county.

The oldest battlefield in Britain is found in Essex at Northey Island where the Battle of Maldoon occurred in 991.

The first crocodile to be brought to the UK was in 1701 by Richard Bradley who kept it in the lake and grounds of his home in Braintree

Between 1560 and 1680 in Essex, 545 people were accused of witchcraft and at least 74 are known to have been executed at the Essex Assizes. Matthew Hopkins, known as the 'Witchfinder General', was a lawyer from Manningtree.

According to Essexherald.com Essex is not only the UK’s wealthiest county but would qualify as the world’s 53rd largest economy. Forbes Magazine has also stated that the county’s tax revenue alone would be sufficient to pay off the national debts of several emerging economies.

NASA’s space shuttle has only ever had one report of theft. That was in 1983 whilst on display atop a Boeing 747 at Stansted Airport Essex. In total seventeen items of value were stolen along with a further fifty three items from the Jumbo jet used to carry it.

Then there is the market towns, villages and hamlets used to film the Lovejoy TV series in the 1980s and Danbury Common being home to the country's largest adder population.

The very first capital city in Britain was Colchester in Essex and this town is also regarded as the oldest recorded town in Britain.

The oldest timber-framed barn in the world is at Cressing Temple near Braintree, Essex. The huge Barley Barn was built by the Knights Templar.

The mystery of Thomas Richman’s buried treasure has gone unsolved since 1780. It is suppose to be buried somewhere in Essex

Essex Southend Pier, at 1.33 miles long, is the longest pleasure pier in the world.