Essex (disambiguation)
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Essex is the name of a county in England, named after the ancient Kingdom of Essex. A number of places and things have been named after it.
People
[edit]- Essex (surname)
- Earl of Essex, the English Earls of Essex
Places
[edit]Place names
[edit]In Canada
[edit]- Essex, Ontario
- Essex County, Ontario
- Essex (federal electoral district)
- Essex (provincial electoral district)
- Essex (Province of Canada electoral district)
In Ireland
[edit]In the United Kingdom
[edit]In the United States
[edit]- Essex, San Bernardino County, California
- Essex, Connecticut
- Essex, Illinois
- Essex, Iowa
- Essex, Maryland
- Essex, Massachusetts, a New England town
- Essex (CDP), Massachusetts, the main village in the town
- Essex, Montana
- Essex, Missouri
- Essex, New York
- Essex, North Carolina
- Essex, Ohio
- Essex, Vermont
- Essex County, Massachusetts
- Essex County, New Jersey
- Essex County, New York
- Essex County, Vermont
- Essex County, Virginia
- Essex Junction, Vermont
- Essex Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
- Essex Township, Stark County, Illinois
- Essex Township, Michigan (in Clinton County)
- Essexville, Michigan (in Bay County)
Structures
[edit]- Essex Crossing, a Manhattan redevelopment project
- Essex Reef Light, was a light in Essex, Connecticut on the Connecticut River
Transportation-related
[edit]- Essex station (disambiguation), stations of the name
- Essex Street (disambiguation), streets of the same name.
Art, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Essex (album), a 1994 album by Alison Moyet
- Essex Records, a record label
- The Essex, a 1960s American R&B vocal group
- The Only Way Is Essex A British sitcom TV show.
Motor vehicles
[edit]- Essex (automobile) or Essex Motor Car, an affiliate of Hudson Motors, 1919–1932
- Ford Essex V4 engine
- Ford Essex V6 engine (disambiguation)
Ships
[edit]- Essex (ship), any of several civilian ships
- Essex (whaleship), a whaler commanded by Captain George Pollard, Jr., that a sperm whale rammed and sank in 1820
- HMS Essex, five ships of the Royal Navy
- USS Essex, five ships of the US Navy
- Essex class aircraft carrier, named for the lead ship
Fictional
[edit]- HMS Essex, a fictional Royal Navy warship from the 2017 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Other uses
[edit]- Essex Property Trust, a publicly traded real estate investment trust that invests in apartments
- Essex (pig), a breed of domestic pig
- Essex, a brand of piano designed by Steinway & Sons
- Essex girl, a British stereotype
- Essex man, a British stereotype
- Essex Overseas Petroleum Corporation, a former oil trading company owned by David Thieme
- University of Essex