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The name Essex derives from the East
Seaxe or East Saxons. The Kingdom of Essex was traditionally founded
by Aescwine in 527 AD, occupying territory to the north of the River
Thames, incorporating much of what would later become Middlesex and
Hertfordshire, though its territory was later restricted to lands
east of the River Lee. It is through this origin as one of the
'Saxon' kingdoms that Essex is specifically not part of the region
known as East Anglia (the latter comprising Norfolk, Suffolk, and
Cambridgeshire), settled by tribes calling themselves 'Anglian'.
Colchester in the north east of the county is Britain's oldest
recorded town, dating back to before the Roman conquest, when it was
known as Camulodunon, and was sufficiently well-developed to have
its own mint.
Essex County Council was formed in 1889. However, the County Borough
of West Ham, and from 1915 the County Borough of East Ham, formed
part of the county but were not under county council control.
Southend-on-Sea also formed a county borough from 1914 to 1974. The
boundary with Greater London was established in 1965 when the former
area of the East Ham and West Ham county boroughs and of the
Barking, Chingford, Dagenham, Hornchurch, Ilford, Leyton, Romford,
Walthamstow and Wanstead and Woodford districts was transferred to
form the London boroughs of Barking, Havering, Newham, Redbridge,
and Waltham Forest; an area similar to that known as Metropolitan
Essex.
Essex became part of the East of England Government Office Region in
1994 and was statistically counted as part of that region from 1999,
having previously been part of the South East England region. In
1998 the districts of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock separated from
the shire county of Essex becoming unitary districts.
The pattern of settlement in the county is diverse. The London Green
Belt has effectively prevented the further sprawl of London into the
county, although it contains the new towns of Basildon and Harlow,
originally developed to resettle Londoners following the destruction
of London housing in World War II but since much expanded. Epping
Forest also acts as a protected barrier to the further spread of
London. Much of the Epping Forest district, consisting of the
residential towns of Chigwell, Waltham Abbey, Loughton and Buckhurst
Hill, is more developed and forms part of the Greater London Urban
Area.
Because of its proximity to London and the economic magnetism which
that city exerts, many of Essex's settlements function as dormitory
towns or villages where London workers raise their families. Essex
is known for being the origin of the political term Essex man, and
of the Essex girl joke.
Part of the south east of the county, already containing the major
population centres of Southend and Thurrock, is within the Thames
Gateway and designated for further development. To the north of the
Green Belt, with the exception of major towns such as Colchester and
Chelmsford, the county is rural, with many small towns, villages and
hamlets largely built in the traditional materials of timber and
brick, with clay tile or thatched roofs. |
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