Events

Join us for talks on a range of historical subjects

ERO Presents: The SAS in wartime Essex

30 June 2026

A history of the elite British Army regiment during their time based in Essex

Archive Explorers Club

02 July 2026

Come along to our free stay and play session for parents, carers and under 5s for an opportunity to meet other parents, enjoy a hot drink, and look through a selection of historic records.

ERO Presents Special: Growing Old and Facing Poverty in Eighteenth-Century Essex

16 July 2026

Changing attitudes towards ageing and shifting methods of poor relief

ERO Presents: The life and work of J.A. Baker (1926-1987)

28 July 2026

Author of The Peregrine

ERO Presents: A Victorian Family Album

01 September 2026

The Luards of Aveley in the Late Nineteenth Century

Essex and the French Wars c.1795-1815

17 October 2026

An exploration of the county and its people during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - with the Waterloo Association

ERO Presents: How to dig up a castle

27 October 2026

Excavating the Anglo-Saxon castle at Clavering

ERO Presents: Coin hoarding in Late Saxon Essex

24 November 2026

The Braintree and Hatfield Peverel hoards, why they might have been buried and what they can tell us about the use of coins by the population of Essex in the Eleventh Century.

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Personal Assistant and Carer Tickets

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