The Stebbing Local History Society will, in the autumn, be publishing ‘Celebrating Historic Stebbing‘, a book of specially commissioned essays. It will be in hardback (A4 size) and consist of about 110 pages containing approximately 100 old photographs, maps and other images. Fourteen authors have submitted material covering a wide range of subjects spanning Saxon times to the present day. Potential purchasers are strongly encouraged to subscribe for a copy prior to publication. As well as paying for the book itself, subscribers can have their name(s) listed in a special ‘Subscribers’ section of the book. The cost of pre-orders is £10 plus postage and packing if they can’t be hand delivered. Postage to both UK and overseas can be arranged. Multiple copies can of course be purchased and as a subscriber entry can be made for each copy bought the book would make an ideal present for anyone with a Stebbing connection. The deadline for subscriptions is 31st July – simply email our Treasurer, Ray Chalklen, at ray.chalklen24@gmail.com who will send further details on how to subscribe.

The contents list is as follows:
- The Foundation of the Stebbing Local History Society (Derek Towler & Graham Jolliffe)
- The Stebbing Local History Society Document Archive (Derek Towler)
- The Stebbing Local History Society Image and Voice Archives (John Cant)
- Stebbing Local History Society Publications (Graham Jolliffe & Derek Towler)
- From the Essex Record Office (Martin Astell)
- The Stebbing Tithe Map and Apportionment (Graham Jolliffe)
- Miss Meadows and the Golden Fleece (Milissa Ellison Dewey)
- Stebbing on the Map (L.R. Poos)
- The Generation that left Stebbing – William Harvey and his Siblings (Karen J.Dennis)
- Plague and Apostasy in Seventh-Century Essex (Phillip Bone)
- From Vestry to Parish Council (Derek Towler)
- Farming at Stebbing Park Farm – a Century or so ago (John Evans)
- The Joys of Genealogical Research (Chris Grant)
- From the Essex Society for Archaeology & History (ESAH) – an 1884 Stebbing Discovery (Nick Wickenden & Howard Brooks)
- Town Mill Revisted (Andrew Martin)
- Stebbing – a Visitor’s View (Gill Firmin)
- The 1939 Register (Graham Jolliffe)
- Stebbing Local History Society – Past and present Committee Members