61. Whale bones were discovered by Ralph Merry in May 2008 in the mud off Cobmarsh Island at the entrance to Mersea Quarters. They are the lower jaw bones of a ...
More information about sperm whales. They remain one of the most mysterious of the great whales, living in remote deep waters; They are the largest of the ...
Date: 14 May 2009
Image ID TM2_2610

62. The anchor in Mersea Museum grounds is thought to date from before 1820. It has a wooden stock, with wrought iron shank, arms and flukes. The stock is about ...
Date: 26 July 2009
Image ID TM2_3136

63. A piece of ENDEAVOUR's tow rope which was severed on the night of 13th September 1937 at about 11 o'clock at night in the Atlantic, 250 miles off Nantucket on ...
Date: 3 November 2009
Image ID TM2_3698

64. Strood pile. The wood pile was excavated from under the Strood by workmen in 1978.
This is one of a number of piles recovered. Carbon dating showed them to ...
Date: 10 October 2010
Image ID TM2_5550

65. The Horned Lizard, by Richard Perry Bedford, 1883-1967. It dates from 1936 and was donated to the Museum by Richard Bedford's widow after his death. It is about ...
Date: 4 September 2012
Image ID TM3_3235

66. Sculpture by Richard Perry Bedford. The base is not original, and was added to improve the stability. It is known by some as 'Spring Tree' and by others as ...
Date: 2013
Image ID TM3_3389

67. Sculpture by Richard Perry Bedford. The base is not original. It is known by some as 'Spring Tree' and by others as 'Naked Lady'.
The catalogue for The ...
Date: 2013
Image ID TM3_3397

68. Scrollwork from the bow of the steam yacht SEAHORSE. The 1891 steam yacht became a houseboat at West Mersea, and was dismantled in 2005. The scroll work was ...
Date: March 2013
Image ID TM3_3499

69. Spitfire over the beach. The Spitfire is a replica, built and donated to the Museum by Stanley Hills. The beach is the 'beach' by the fisherman's cottage in the ...
Date: 20 April 2013
Image ID TM3_3704

70. The urn and bones from Mersea Barrow, soon after their return to Mersea in August 2014. They are on loan from Colchester and Ipswich Museums.
Date: 23 September 2014
Image ID TM3_7198

71. Bow rail of sailing barge VICTA in Mersea Museum. Official No. 67085 built Rochester 1874 and formerly named &CO. She ended her days as a houseboat alongside ...
Date: 23 September 2014
Image ID TM3_7246

72. The urn and bones from the Roman burial barrow on East Mersea Road, soon after their return to Mersea in August 2014. They are on loan from Colchester and ...
Date: 10 August 2014
Image ID TM4_1342

73. Contents of the child burial tomb discovered in 1923 between Beach Road and the Hall Barn. They were in Colchester Castle Museum until recently, and 20 April ...
Date: 21 April 2016
Image ID TM6_0916

74. Contents of a Roman child burial tomb discovered in 1923 between Beach Road and the Hall Barn. The contents were in Colchester Castle Museum until recently, and ...
Date: 23 April 2016
Image ID TM6_0930

75. Mystery object, found in Barfield Road Cemetery. It is 27cm high. There are no holes in the base.
27 August 2016 Andrew Frost on Secret Mersea said "Its a ...
Date: 26 August 2016
Image ID TM7_0613

76. Aircraft enthusiast Alan Jasper visiting us from Hadleigh, Essex, to help preserve one of the aircraft propellers that were recovered some time ago from the ...
Date: 30 March 2017
Image ID TM7_0995

77. Ron Green with his father's trombone, donated to the Museum. Ron's father Leslie was a member of the Mersea Band, and the trombone is part of Mersea's musical ...
Date: 18 May 2017
Image ID TM7_6280

78. Model of smack CK103 on exhibition in the main hall at Mersea Museum. The hull was found under a bench at Ben Clarke's boatyard in The Lane. It was intended to ...
Date: 14 October 2018
Image ID TM7_8922

79. Model of smack BOADICEA CK213 on exhibition in the main hall at Mersea Museum.

The model was made in the 1950s by Michael Frost who owned BOADICEA for ...
Date: 10 October 2018
Image ID TM7_8925

80. Inside an old house. Photograph originally from a book or magazine.
Image ID UPA_033_001