February 14, 2025

The Curiohaus Trials

An evening talk at Linton Village Hall Between 1945-49 the Curiohaus Hamburg held court over the trials of Nazi War Crimes. Speaker Russell Kent is a retired IT consultant. In a 35-year career, he owned and managed two companies which provided writing and training…
Featured image for “The Curiohaus Trials”

saffron
walden
historical society

Featured image for “Francis Gibson’s Garden”
February 10, 2025 • posted in Articles

Francis Gibson’s Garden

Francis Gibson (1805–58), the youngest of Atkinson Francis Gibson’s children, conceived and designed Bridge End Garden, previously known as Fry’s Gardens.
Read More
Featured image for “Littlebury-a walk back in time around the bounds”
February 4, 2025 • posted in Articles

Littlebury-a walk back in time around the bounds

On Sunday 21 May 2006 the History Group of the Parish of Littlebury Millennium Society re-created the ancient tradition of beating the parish bounds.
Read More
Featured image for “Lief Aalbu’s Scrapbook”
January 31, 2025 • posted in Articles

Lief Aalbu’s Scrapbook

Amongst the papers of former Town Clerk H. C. Stacey in the Saffron Walden Town Library is a cheap red scrapbook that provides a unique insight into life in Saffron Walden during the second half of WW2
Read More
Featured image for “Thaxted’s John Webb Windmill to be restored”
January 30, 2025 • posted in News

Thaxted’s John Webb Windmill to be restored

John Webb’s or Lowe’s Mill is a 221 year old Grade II* listed[1] tower mill at Thaxted, Essex, England, which was closed to the public in 2018 after eroding brickwork led to extensive internal damage.
Read More
Featured image for “Saffron Walden Borough Arms                           Deo Adjuvante Floremus”
January 24, 2025 • posted in Articles

Saffron Walden Borough Arms Deo Adjuvante Floremus

In 1784 William Robinson jnr made a drawing which included the Borough Arms as used then, based on the 1688 seal made after the 1685 Charter.
Read More
Featured image for “St. Mary’s, Saffron Walden Burial Registers 1558-1892”
January 16, 2025 • posted in Articles

St. Mary’s, Saffron Walden Burial Registers 1558-1892

The burial registers officially continue until the end of 1856, when the churchyard was closed for burials due to overcrowding
Read More
Featured image for “Seventeenth Century Copper Tokens of Saffron Walden: a commentary”
January 10, 2025 • posted in Articles

Seventeenth Century Copper Tokens of Saffron Walden: a commentary

Copper farthing and halfpenny coins were issued in the mid-17th century by the town’s tradesmen in the absence of royal copper coinage.
Read More
Featured image for “Memories of the Boys’ British School, Saffron Walden 1937-1964”
December 29, 2024 • posted in Articles

Memories of the Boys’ British School, Saffron Walden 1937-1964

‘A man’s world’ – or so it seemed to me when I joined the staff of B.B.S. in 1937.
Read More
Featured image for “Church Porches -Book Launched”
December 14, 2024 • posted in News

Church Porches -Book Launched

The church porches of medieval England are among the most beautiful and glorious aspects of ecclesiastical architecture; but in comparison with its stained glass, for example, they have been relatively little studied. This book, the first detailed study of them for over a century, gives new insights into this often over-looked element.
Read More