Here are some of the Old English names for places around Essex. Fingringhoe near Colchester means the "hill-spur of the Fingringas". This is a tribal name translating into the "people who dwell on the ...

One name that sticks out to new ears is Stock, a village south of Chelmsford and in the parliamentary constituency of Maldon. The University of Nottingham says Stock could mean 'Hereweard's outlying ...

Sometimes we get sidetracked with bunnies and baskets at this time of year. But we can get beyond those to see the beauty and ...

There couldn’t be a better name for this tree than “serviceberry,” providing joy, beauty, abundance and more for humans and ...