91. Put me on an island, where the girls are few."
AT MERSEA.

Where are the lads, who proudly tand
For coast defence, in dear Homeland ?
On ...
Date: After 26 June 1916
Image ID CW5_GRL_001

92. William West born 1873. Summary of his early life and details of his Service Record, by Carol Wyatt.
1873 born Gremsbury, Northants, son of William Robert ...
Date: 12 October 1915
Image ID CW5_GRL_003

93. Bronze Age board walk boards found off East Mersea.
Timber 1 239 x 11 x 2.6 cm
Timber 2 256 x 10.6 x 4.7 cm
Timber 3 235 x 11.8 x ...
Date: 19 January 2017
Image ID CZN_TBR_013

94. Board walk timbers found off Coopers Beach. Wrapping timber 3 at Museum of London Archaeology. Scale drawings were done and then they were sent to Portsmouth ...
Date: 31 March 2017
Image ID CZN_TBR_041

95. Removing a section from one of the board walk timbers for dating. Ian Tyers, dendrochronologist from Historic England.
Date: cApril 2017
Image ID CZN_TBR_051

96. Section removed from board walk timber for dendrochronology (tree ring dating). The result was 'not before 952 BC'.
Date: cApril 2017
Image ID CZN_TBR_053

97. Board walk construction - from Mersea Museum Exhibition.
Clockwise: A Bronze age axe head perfectly fits the toolmarks on the timbers; a close up of the ...
Date: 10 July 2021
Image ID CZN_TBR_201

98. Oliver Hutchinson of CITiZAN after unveiling of Bronze Age Board Walk at Mersea Museum.
Date: 28 April 2022
Image ID CZN_TBR_301

99. Myrddin Davies at Mersea Museum in the early days. Taken for Essex County Standard. The barge model has not been identified.
Date: c1980
Image ID DAV_MUS_001

100. Myrddin Davies at Mersea Museum.
Date: c1980
Image ID DAV_MUS_003

101. Excavation in Museum main hall to display board walk timbers. Ark Homes are working in their polythene tent within the Museum - Rod on the left and Andrew Knott ...
Date: 11 December 2017
Image ID DC10_MUS_005

102. Excavation in Museum main hall to display board walk timbers.
Date: 12 December 2017
Image ID DC10_MUS_011

103. Excavation in Museum main hall to display board walk timbers.
Date: 13 December 2017
Image ID DC10_MUS_013

104. Excavation in Museum main hall to display board walk timbers.
Date: 15 December 2017
Image ID DC10_MUS_017

105. Excavation of the pit in the Museum main hall to display board walk timbers.
Date: 19 December 2017
Image ID DC10_MUS_019

106. Excavation in Museum main hall to display board walk timbers. The hole is almost complete. Lighting, ventilation and glass over the top is still to be added.
Date: 21 December 2017
Image ID DC10_MUS_021

107. The timbers found in the mud off Mersea waiting to go into the preservation tank.
Date: July 2018
Image ID DC10_MUS_031

108. Timbers found in the mud off Mersea in 2017, now in the preservation tank.
Date: July 2018
Image ID DC10_MUS_033

109. The Board Walk timbers in their pit under the floor in the main hall of the Museum. They are here waiting for the glass cover - which was fitted March ...
Date: 31 May 2021
Image ID DC10_MUS_121

110. Posts in the mud about 200 yds East of Seaview Avenue, West Mersea, visible at low tide. They are believed by some, but not all, to be an Anglo-Saxon fish ...
Date: 9 July 2006
Image ID DIS07_FWR_SVW_0294

111. Posts in the mud about 200 yds East of Seaview Avenue, West Mersea, visible at low tide. They are believed by some, but not all, to be an Anglo-Saxon fish weir ...
Date: 9 July 2006
Image ID DIS07_FWR_SVW_0295

112. Reeve's outfitting shop in Church Road. Drapery, boots and shoes. Used in 2002 Summer Exhibition.
Date: May 2002
Image ID DIS2002_RVS_001

113. Reeve's outfitting shop in Church Road. Drapery, boots and shoes.
L-R 1., 2. Ena French, 3., 4. Mr Reeve, 5. Arthur Death.
Used in 2002 Summer ...
Date: May 2002
Image ID DIS2002_RVS_003

114. Coopers Beach. Touring caravans parked on the west side of the tennis court, behind where the clubhouse now stands. There are chalets far right.
From ...
Image ID DIS2003_EMF_011

115. Coopers Beach - an aerial view in the 1950s.
Development started in the 1930s when chalets in the front row were built for £75. During WW2 the site ...
Date: 1950s
Image ID DIS2003_EMF_012

116. School House and Hall 1910.
The village school was recorded as having places for 80 children with the average number of pupils being 37. The Schoolmaster ...
Date: 1910
Image ID DIS2003_EMF_031

117. Coronation Villa, East Mersea, 1906.
The home and shop of the Underwood family was built in 1902. Robert Underwood ran his carrier business from the ...
Date: Before 1910
Image ID DIS2003_EMF_061

118. Robert Underwood in 1927. Here seen sitting on one of his carts nicknamed 'The Rocket' when he was 80 years old. The bugle was used as a signal to ...
Date: 1927
Image ID DIS2003_EMF_062

119. East Mersea Rectory 1905. This house stood opposite Church Lane and was demolished in 1927 by local builder Clifford White who built a new rectory on the same ...
Date: 1905
Image ID DIS2003_EMF_071

120. Kiddiesland from the sea. Kiddiesland was developed during the 1930s to provide a permanent site for children from London to spend their holidays. In addition ...
Date: c1936
Image ID DIS2003_EMF_072