Great Wakering Common Camp
Wakering Camp was constructed potentially around June 1944 as a ‘Diver’ battery – a late-war heavy anti-aircraft 3.7-inch gun battery of at least eight guns, …
Billionaires’ Row, Hampstead Heath
At Hampstead Heath in North London lies Kenwood House. Constructed across the 17th and 18th centuries, the house now stands as a symbol of traditional …
Rochford Anderson Shelter
Whilst exploring the site of Rochford Airfield, extending around the current London-Southend Airport, we came across what appeared to be an overgrown Anderson shelter used …
Howbury Moated Site, Slade Green
Moated sites are as the name suggests – wide ditches full of water that would have surrounded an island which would have had a domestic …
Fairleigh Court Anderson Shelters, Leigh-on-Sea
Behind Fairleigh Court in Leigh on Sea remains an impressive set of six Anderson shelters. Anderson shelters were issued free to all householders earning £5 …
Cooling Castle
Cooling Castle is a 14th-century castle situated 6 miles north of Rochester. The castle was built in the 1380’s by the Cobham family to protect …
Whitechapel WW2 Bomb Site
German bombing during the Second World War left London heavily damaged to this very day. At 4.18 in the video below filmed in 2013 – …
Southchurch Hall
Southchurch Hall is a moated house, clearly rather grand, dating back to the Middle Ages (14th Century) with extensions added in the Tudor era and …
Southend Clifftown
1-15 Royal Terrace and the Royal Hotel were built well before the Victorian era – in the time of Georgian rule in the 1790s. Originally …
Paycocke’s House & Gardens
Why is Paycocke’s House nationally important? Paycocke’s House in Coggleshall is not simply an old house; it actually reflects some of the national changes to …
Canvey’s Dutch Cottages
In the early 17th century, Canvey Island was inhabited by a community of Dutch settlers who whilst living both alongside and at times at loggerheads …
St. Katherines Church & Canvey Village
St Katherine’s Church today serves as Canvey Island’s Heritage Centre. This jaunty building stands proud along the modern Charfleets industrial units and car showrooms along …
Canvey’s Old Bungalows
Perhaps the most fitting image that defined Canvey Island in the interwar period; when it was developing from an isolated village and marshy farmland into …
Rayleigh’s Dutch Cottage
Rayleigh Dutch Cottage at Crown Hill has a past as strange as it’s appearance. Whilst a sign above its door denotes ‘1621’, analysis suggests it …
Layer Marney Gatehouse
Layer Marney Tower is a Grade I gigantic Tudor palace not too far from Colchester in North Essex. The main structure visible is actually an …
Old Leigh Heritage
The original Leigh settlement was the riverside ‘old town’ which appeared in the Middle Ages. Its narrow cobbled pre-motorcar streets and confined below-mainland position mean …
Hadleigh Castle
Hadleigh Castle is a local gem. In 1215 King John gave this area of land, known as the manor of Hadleigh, along with many other …
Various Heritage around Canvey Island
This page is where we put all our photographs of interesting and historic houses and buildings on Canvey Island that are not known about in …