Ian Yearsley is a local historian and author of books on the history of

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

History

Ian Yearsley was born in Ingatestone, Essex in 1965, moving to

Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north ...

, Essex in 1972. He started out as a journalist with the Leigh Times in 1988 before producing historical books on Essex, as well as poetry and fiction titles based on the county's history. His first book, "Islands of Essex" (), was published in 1994. He has since written eleven books on the history of Essex, four works of fiction, three poetry books and the introductions to four historic maps, all based on Essex. His maps were published by Alan Godfrey in 2019. In the 1990s Yearsley wrote for various magazines, including Essex Countryside and

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, and he has been a regular commentator for local newspapers. Yearsley was involved in the 1,000th anniversary commemorations of the

Battle of Assandun The Battle of Assandun (or Essendune) was fought between Danish and English armies on 18 October 1016. There is disagreement whether Assandun may be Ashdon near Saffron Walden in north Essex, England, or, as long supposed and better evidenc ...

at Ashingdon in Essex, following the publication of various editions of an epic poem he wrote about it between 2006 and 2016. In 2011 he achieved an MA in history from the University of Essex, where he won an award for his dissertation on population migration in the Rochford Hundred in the late 19th century. Yearsley has created historic tours of

and

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for iPhone and has worked on a project to uncover the history of a lost Jacobean manor at Marks Hall near

Coggeshall Coggeshall ( or ) is a small town in Essex, England, between Colchester and Braintree on the Roman road Stane Street and the River Blackwater. It has almost 300 listed buildings and a market whose charter was granted in 1256 by Henry III. ...

. He has also worked at

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for English Heritage. He has associations with the Hadleigh & Thundersley Community Archive and has attended their events. He also recorded the demolition of St Erkenwald's Church in Southend-on-Sea in 1995.

Bibliography

*1994 - Islands of Essex Publisher: Ian Henry Publications *1996 - Dedham, Flatford & East Bergholt: A Pictorial History Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. *1997 - Ingatestone & Fryerning: A History Publisher: Ian Henry Publications *1998 - Hadleigh Past Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Ltd *1999 - Essex Events Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Ltd *2000 - Islands of Essex (2nd Edition) Publisher Ian Henry Publications *2001 - A History of Southend Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Ltd *2005 - Rayleigh A History Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Ltd *2006 - Tears of Poignancy Publisher: Paragon Publishing *2006 - The Battle of Ashingdon (1016) Publisher: Ian Yearsley *2009 - Unspoken Understanding (a collection of thirty poems about love, life and Essex) Publisher: Paragon Publishing *2012 - The Curse of Cannow's End Publisher: Melrose Books *2014 - The Blackwater Saga: A Victorian Riverside Romance Publisher: Paragon Publishing *2014 - Looking for a Lost Leigh Love Publisher: Paragon Publishing *2016 - Southend in 50 Buildings Publisher: Amberley Publishing *2016 - The Battle of "Assandun" (1016) Publisher: Ashingdon Parish Council *2017 - Return to Cannow's End Publisher: Paragon Publishing *2018 - Dracula – The Essex Connection Publisher: Paragon Publishing *2019 - Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Southend Seafront 1921 Publisher: Alan Godfrey Maps *2019 - Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Southend (Town Centre) 1921 Publisher: Alan Godfrey Maps *2019 - Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Leigh-on-Sea 1921 Publisher: Alan Godfrey Maps *2019 - Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Westcliff-on-Sea 1921 Publisher: Alan Godfrey Maps

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