“OLD EFFINGHAM REMEMBERED”
Laura Annie (née Cox) Essam
The late Laura Annie (née Cox) Essam was born in 1884 to parents James Cox and Eliza (née) Gorringe who had married in 1883. She married in 1908 to Charles James Essam who died in 1955. She died in the summer of 1971.
She was interviewed in 1970 by Monica Mercy O’Connor (and presumed recorded also by her).
The recording was transcribed by Christopher Hogger in 2011; words not transcribed (owing to indistinctness) are marked ***.
This article presents firstly the transcript and then an analysis of its content.
Themes : Effingham (Manor) House ; Browns ; Uriah Loxley ; Henry Tyrrell ; Reverend Bayly ; laying out the dead ; The Prince Blucher inn.
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Since the primary article was written it has been discovered that a surname mentioned in it was correct, whereas the primary article expressed some doubt about that. This new finding is discussed in the following supplement.
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You can listen to the recording here.