Stephen Pewsey
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Stephen Pewsey is an Essex local historian and prolific author. He grew up in Southend-on-Sea
, later living in Newham
(Greater London
), and Loughton
, Essex.
Pewsey attended Southend High School for Boys
and was a founder member of Southend Action Group for the Arts. He began his writing career in the 1970s contributing to local magazines. Publications include East Saxon Heritage and A Taste of Essex, the standard work on the traditional cookery and recipes of Essex.
He has served in various capacities on numerous heritage bodies, including Essex Archaeological & Historical Congress (Secretary 1996-99, Chairman 2008-11, President from 2011), Essex Society for Archaeology & History, Loughton
& District Historical Society, Newham
History Society, and Wanstead
Historical Society, and is a Councillor on Loughton Town Council, serving as Deputy Mayor and Chairman of its Environment and Heritage Committee in 2011-12. He has acted as historical consultant for a wide range of heritage projects in Essex and East London. He founded the Loughton Film Society in 2010, is also a committee member of the Loughton Festival and the Wanstead Parklands Community Project, and is Vice-Chairman of the Lopping Endowment, a charitable trust which manages Lopping Hall, a community arts venue, in Loughton.
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated...
, later living in Newham
London Borough of Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough formed from the towns of West Ham and East Ham, within East London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames. According to 2006 estimates, Newham has one of the highest ethnic minority populations of all the...
(Greater London
Greater London
Greater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...
), and Loughton
Loughton
Loughton is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is located between 11 and 13 miles north east of Charing Cross in London, south of the M25 and west of the M11 motorway and has boundaries with Chingford, Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill...
, Essex.
Pewsey attended Southend High School for Boys
Southend High School for Boys
Southend High School for Boys, also known by its acronym SHSB, is a selective secondary Academy Grammar school along Prittlewell Chase in Prittlewell, in the north-west of Southend-on-Sea, England, south-west of the roundabout of the A127 and A1159...
and was a founder member of Southend Action Group for the Arts. He began his writing career in the 1970s contributing to local magazines. Publications include East Saxon Heritage and A Taste of Essex, the standard work on the traditional cookery and recipes of Essex.
He has served in various capacities on numerous heritage bodies, including Essex Archaeological & Historical Congress (Secretary 1996-99, Chairman 2008-11, President from 2011), Essex Society for Archaeology & History, Loughton
Loughton
Loughton is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is located between 11 and 13 miles north east of Charing Cross in London, south of the M25 and west of the M11 motorway and has boundaries with Chingford, Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill...
& District Historical Society, Newham
London Borough of Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough formed from the towns of West Ham and East Ham, within East London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames. According to 2006 estimates, Newham has one of the highest ethnic minority populations of all the...
History Society, and Wanstead
Wanstead
Wanstead is a suburban area in the London Borough of Redbridge, North-East London. The main road going through Wanstead is the A12. The name is from the Anglo-Saxon words wænn and stede, meaning "settlement on a small hill"....
Historical Society, and is a Councillor on Loughton Town Council, serving as Deputy Mayor and Chairman of its Environment and Heritage Committee in 2011-12. He has acted as historical consultant for a wide range of heritage projects in Essex and East London. He founded the Loughton Film Society in 2010, is also a committee member of the Loughton Festival and the Wanstead Parklands Community Project, and is Vice-Chairman of the Lopping Endowment, a charitable trust which manages Lopping Hall, a community arts venue, in Loughton.
External links
- http://www.phillimore.co.uk/acatalog/Bookshop_Individual_places_in_Essex_6.html Stratford: A Pictorial History, and Epping & Ongar: A Pictorial History
- http://www.tempus-publishing.com/authors.php?author=07538 Images of England: Chingford