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Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Essex.
When the answer is a person, the letter refers to their surname (except for J).
This quiz is about the historic county, which encompasses territory now part of the ceremonial county of Greater London.
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A
Jacobean stately home near Saffron Walden
Audley End House
B
Large estuary
Blackwater Estuary
C
City known to the Romans as Camulodunum
Colchester
D
Film and musical
Made in Dagenham
E
Ancient woodland; the 'Cockney Paradise'
Epping Forest
F
Seaside town near Clacton
Frinton-on-Sea
G
Harry Potter actor from H
Rupert Grint
H
Postwar new town
Harlow
I
Town in East London
Ilford
J
Reality TV star made famous on The Only Way is Essex
Joey Essex
K
Village home to a secret nuclear bunker (now a tourist attraction)
Kelvedon Hatch
L
East London football club
Leyton Orient
M
991 battle in which Viking invaders defeated the Anglo-Saxons
Battle of Maldon
N
Bordering sea
North Sea
O
TV chef from Clavering
Jamie Oliver
P
'Big Beat' band formed in Braintree in 1990
The Prodigy
Q
Bridge over the Thames linking Essex with Kent
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge
R
Technology first demonstrated in Chelmsford in 1920
Radio
S
City home to the world's longest pleasure pier
Southend-on-Sea
T
Port town where Elizabeth I gave a famous speech in 1588
Tilbury
U
District that contains Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow
Uttlesford
V
AONB on the Suffolk border
Dedham Vale
W
Title claimed by 17th-century vigilante (of sorts) Matthew Hopkins
Witchfinder General
X
Legion that built the fortress in C
XX Valeria Victrix
Y
Material the 400,000-year-old Clacton Spear is made from
Yew
Z
Place to see animals: C's _________ Society
Zoological
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2 Comments
Hinckford
+2
Level 87
Dec 4, 2025
100% in 1:35.

Helps that I am from Essex.

jdmercia
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Level 88
Dec 4, 2025
Nice! You did Essex proud.
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