Epping Forest Then and Now by Ramsey and Fowkes

£39.95

Never before has a book portrayed the historic Epping Forest area of in this way: through hundreds of 'then and now' comparisons, recording the changing scene since the earliest days of photography. From Forest Gate in the south to Epping in the north; from Chigwell and Abridge in the east through Chingford to the great abbey of Waltham in the west, a wide-ranging pot-pourri of contemporary extracts has been blended with more than 1,400 photographs, drawings and maps, together with specially-taken aerial photographs, to trace the events and developments which have shaped the locality. The illustrations being combined with a text researched mainly from newspapers, magazine articles and books of the time, Epping Forest Then and Now provides a fascinating contemporary record that brings to life the local and social history of the area and does so with a due sense of the past to set beside the present.

Maynards Concise History of Epping Forest 1860 Edited by Richard Morris OBE New

£3.00

This booklet originally published at Theydon Bois in 1860 by the author, has been reset and reprinted as the first history of Epping Forest and the first counterblast in print against the arguments of those who wanted disafforestation and enclosure at that time.

Hardly any of the original copies have survived and photostat copies produced by Brian Page, Hon Editor of the Wanstead Historical Society Journal, are no longer available.

A new preface and a life of the author have been added to explain the background to this fascinating historical document which is of particular interest to Essex historians and all lovers of Epping Forest.

The Epping Forest Challenge Walk by John Merrill New

£4.95

John Merrill's Epping Forest Challenge Walk - 21 miles - is a delightul walk around Epping Forest, with vantage points over Essex, Herfordshire and London. Between 7 and 8 hours are needed to walk the route, across dragonfly meadows, over small hills, past places associated with Queen Boadicea, through beech and oak forest where deer and fox's roam, and beside a London bound navigation. The walk starts and ends at Waltham Abbey.

Cycle Essex New

£4.99

This pack contains nine individual maps and guides for cycle routes in Essex and 'The Guide to Real Essex 2007. This invaluable guide is produced by Epping County Council Public Rights of Way Team in partnership with Real Essex.

The Essex Hundred compiled by A Summers & J Debenham New

£7.99

Essex history in 100 poems with historical notes and timelines. This book is shortlisted in the Women's Institute 2007 Celebratory Book awards.

Essex Workhouses by John Drury

£14.95

This book traces the establishment of the parish workhouses in the county and 115 have their story traced from their building to their demise in the latter 1830's. Essex Workhouses includes snippets concerning the various parish workhouses.

This book is shortlisted in the Women's Institute 2007 Celebratory Book awards.