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Southend's Ekco from history

The story of how an Essex radio manufacturing business and its founder changed the world.

• 3 mins

How Purfleet inspired Amazing Grace

A near-death experience in Purfleet inspired John Newton to write the hymn Amazing Grace.

• 2 mins

Ongar's heroic Titanic priest

Father Thomas Byles was a passenger on the maiden voyage of RMS Titanic in April 1912.

• 2 mins

Saffron Walden's crucial Cromwell meeting

How a meeting in Saffron Walden led to the birth of English democracy.

• 2 mins

Abberton's Roman discovery

The fascinating archaeological treasures unearthed close to Abberton Reservoir.

• 2 mins

The unusual uses of Hedingham Castle

The Chatelaine of Hedingham Castle reveals some interesting uses of the Essex landmark.

• 2 mins

A concise history of Beeleigh Abbey

Discovering the fascinating, diverse and tragic history of Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon.

• 3 mins

The Dunmow Flitch Trials

The Essex town with a 900 -year-old test of married couples and an unlikely prize.

• 4 mins

Secrets of the HMS London shipwreck

One of the UK's most important shipwrecks lay undiscovered for 360 years near Southend.

• 6 mins

Harwich and the U-Boat Surrender

In November 1918, more than 100 German U-Boats surrendered to the allied forces.

• 8 mins

The Essex scientist who got man to the moon

The vital role Billericay born scientist Tom Bacon played in the Apollo 11 mission.

• 5 mins