After detailed research, Margaret Mills uncovered a load of connections between the Essex village of Fryerning and the forebears of read more

For her feature this week, Margaret Mills looked back to the 14th century when the Essex village of Pleshey was read more

This week the subject chosen by Margaret Mills was a famous benefactor of Billericay, a worthy by the name of read more

For today’s feature Margaret Mills dropped by to tell us about a military detachment stationed in Rochford at a time read more

For her historical feature this afternoon, Margaret Mills took us for a visit to the Dutch cottage in Rayleigh. Listen read more

Now I live in an area designated as Tier 1, but somewhat strangely, my immediate neighbours are classified as living read more

Being a Tuesday I was joined once more by Margaret Mills who today was looking at the other Wickford, that’s read more

The subject chosen by Margaret Mils this week was THE DARBY DIGGER which was an item of agricultural machinery which read more

  This afternoon Margaret Mills turned the clock back to the days when smugglers used to operate widely in the read more

This week Margaret turned her attention onto the so-called PECULIAR PEOPLE, a religious group, who preached on the benefits derived read more

  Being a Tuesday, Margaret Mills took us back to the Essex village of GREAT BARDFIELD for a second week. read more

  For today’s feature, Margaret Mills took us on a trip to the Essex village of Great Bardfield to learn read more

The subject chosen by Margaret Mills today concerned a Methodist Minister from Rayleigh – and a suffragette. And no it’s read more

I was joined once more this afternoon by MARGARET MILLS, who related the story of First World War battalion, known read more

Being a Tuesday Margaret Mills was back with me and this week was looking at someone in trouble with the read more

Today’s feature concerned an unnamed old miser from High Ongar who died in 1854. Apparently he was a miller who read more

The topic chosen by Margaret Mills for her feature this week concerned an Essex postman, Samuel Wyatt, who in 1833 read more

For our Bygones feature today, Margaret Mills regaled the story of a near riot which ensued at one of the read more

The subject chosen today by Margaret Mills was Conrad Noel, the “red” vicar of Thaxted. He held the post there read more

This was the subject of this week’s feature chosen by Margaret Mills. So just what is THE DUNMOW FLITCH? Well read more