This introductory document ("Accessing the Collection at the Essex Record Office") explains how to access and order documents from the Collection and provides information about copying.

This detailed description provides an introduction to the collection, information on new items in this 9th edition, historical background to the collection, general notes, and a detailed description of the catalogue.

This is the main catalogue to the Collection and is a PDF document with a fast embedded index, making word searches faster (Use Shift + Ctrl F).

This is a 2020 addendum to the main catalogue. It comprises a zipped file which includes the catalogue listing and schedules of the documents in both Word and Excel formats.

These are the Supplements to the Catalogue, zipped together in one file for ease of downloading. You can view a summary of the contents of the Supplements here and this information is also contained within the zip file.

In this zipped file are 8 files containing 7 'traditional' indexes of the Catalogue. These are: General, Lines, Stations, Timetables, Books (Alphabetical) and Books (Subject) and Periodicals. These may prove useful, esecially if the straight word search of the Catalogue produces too many results.

This file contains further advice about copying collection material.

These are the people who should be thanked for making all this possible.