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Have introduced a new option for using your own camera in the Searchroom! You can now buy a licence for three consecutive days at a cost of £36.00 alongside our day licence at £14.00. (Victorian glass plate cameras aren't allowed unfortunately).

Could this be our smallest document? Today for #Archive30 #SomethingSmall we're revisiting a blog post about a tiny sketchbook created by Clarissa Sandford Bramston (née Trant) sometime before her death in 1844 . Find out more here: ow.ly/zaBE50VBsmI #archives #Essex

Our Curiosity Cabinet has been updated for Easter with this wonderful log book of 2nd Rayleigh (Holy Trinity) Troop of Boy Scouts open to a page of photographs and an account of a special Easter Camp to 'Blounts' at Hockley (ref: D/Z 608/1)

ERO friends, Alison Rowlands and Marion Gibson have been on BBC Essex talking about the recently launched witch trails in Tendring offering a fascinating insight into the witch trials in the county between 1560 and 1680. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

A very small number of manorial court rolls have pen and ink decorations. One example is this court roll for the manor of Great Waltham, Easter 1541, has a drawing of St. George slaying the dragon. Find out more about this document and St. George here: ow.ly/gsps50VG6ij

It's your last chance to get your tickets for our morning of talks about the industrial archaeology of Essex. Sales close at 12:00 midday today! eventbrite.co.uk/e/121771075865…

Join us for bespoke behind-the-scenes tours! Discover treasures from our collection and get research tips. Book online now! More dates added! essexrecordoffice.co.uk/whats-on/group… #BespokeTours #BehindTheScenes #GroupActivities #TeamBuilding #ExploreTogether

We'll be joining the nation in the two-minute national silence being held today at 12.00pm, to remember and thank those who fought for our freedom. "Today, we remember and celebrate the extraordinary courage and sacrifice of those who fought and fell during World War II,

On the 14th June we are hosting an event at the Moot House in Harlow looking at the history of the printed maps of Essex. Hopefully we will see lots of you there! Harlow Museum & Walled Gardens @SculptureTownUK Your Harlow Harlow Council eventbrite.co.uk/e/137626329355…

On Tuesday 3 June PhD student Julie Miller will tell the tale of Mary Farmer and her life of Quaker ministry in the early eighteenth century. Discover pirate encounters and more! For bookings, please visit eventbrite.co.uk/e/ero-presents…. #Pirates #Quakers #Travelog #Diary

We’re coming to Harlow on 14th June for The Printed Maps of Essex, a talk by Peter Walker. His talk is a journey through the development of printed maps over the centuries. We're bringing printed maps (modern copies!) to sell on the day. ow.ly/SNZe50W1tkO. #MapTalk

June is Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. We will be posting documents held by Essex Record Office which celebrate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller heritage. This mounted photograph [I/Mp 134/1/3] from c.1871 shows a group of Gypsies at Epping Forest. #GRTHM25 #Archives

Next Battle of Assandun talk: 21 June at Essex Record Office. Dr. Richard Dolby presents the latest update, alongside Professor Stephen Rippon who will speaking about Anglo-Saxon Essex. eventbrite.co.uk/e/erop-special…

This book titled ‘Traveller Alphabet’ [C/DE 19/9/2], published by Essex County Council Education in 1995, features pictures drawn by Traveller children in Essex. The alphabet includes English and words from the Travellers’ languages. #GRTHM25 #Archives

These parish registers illustrate how the occupations of Travellers were defined in the 19th and 20th centuries. Two fathers are shown as an “itinerant basket maker [gypsy]” and a “travelling showman” of “no fixed abode (c/o Showman’s Guild Birmingham)”. #GRTHM25 #Archives

Witchy history podcast! First in a 6-part series on the England’s Mass Witch Hunt research project, in collaboration with The Folklore Podcast Link here to listen for free: thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county-w… With Dr Tabitha Stanmore The Leverhulme Trust University of Exeter

Don't forget to book for "The Printed Maps of Essex" at the Moot House in Harlow this Saturday! There will be original prints of a wide variety of maps including the famous Chapman & Andre map of 1777 for you to pour over! Get your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/137626329355…

Rodney 'Gipsy' Smith was born in a Romani bender tent in Epping Forest in March 1860, the location of this commemorative stone [I/Mb 413/1/8]. He became an Evangelist at 16 and joined the Salvation Army, travelling the world until his death in 1947. #GRTHM2025 #Archives

Happy Father's Day! In this letter from 1612, Sir Robert Cecil, the Earl of Salisbury offers guidance to his son William Cecil. The letter is titled 'The precepts of a father to his childe' and can be seen in this parchment-bound volume [D/DSh Z1]. #FathersDay #Archives

#OnThisDay in 1945, a #VEDay children’s party was held in Harold Wood. This album [I/Mp 134/1/3] details the planning of the party. Children were invited to a street party which involved a fancy-dress parade and a talent show.