Quaker Meeting House, Church Street Colchester. The Religious Society of Friends, more usually known as the Quakers because the...

Colchester Baptist Church There has been a long history of non-Conformity in Colchester. This was enhanced when the Catholic king of...

Jumbo Water Tower with Christmas tree in front of it Colchester's iconic Jumbo water tower is looking very festive with its Christmas...

This ancient chapel stands on the corner of Maidenburgh Street and St. Helen’s Lane. It is dedicated to St. Helena also known as St....

St. Martin's Church, West Stockwell Street, Colchester St. Martin's church is on the east side of West Stockwell Street at its junction...

The story of the lost church of St. Nicholas which once stood in Colchester High Street.

There was originally a Saxon church here and since 1286, three different churches have stood on this location, with the nave and chancel...

This church is to be found in the pedestrian shopping precinct known as Lion Walk in the city centre. It is a curious mixture of a very...

St. Peter’s Church stands near to the top of North Hill on its eastern side.

All Saints’ Church is one of the earliest of the town churches, but is now the Natural History Musuem.

I am going to start my look at Colchester churches that don’t usually feature on guided tours with the church of St. James in East Hill.

This is the first blog post in a new series looking at Colchester's churches, many of which do not feature on a standard city tour.

In this final blog post in a series of four, I conclude my look at how I find out the facts about a tour stop.

In this third blog post in a series of four, I continue my look at how I find out the facts about a tour stop.

In this second blog post in a series of four, I continue my look at how I find out the facts about a tour stop.

In this first blog post in a series of four, I show you how I find out about a tour stop using the house known as Tymperleys as my example.

How do I find out the things I talk about on my tours? Read on and see.

Trinity Street is another of Colchester's medieval thoroughfares with lots of interesting things to look at and talk about.

This blog post looks at a churchyard in West Stockwell Street which has no church attached to it.

Find out about the links between the grave of Jacob Ringer, the Civil War siege of Colchester and changes to the calendar.