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SW Historical Journal front cover No 33 (Spring 2017)

Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 33 (Spring 2017)

A new archaeological investigation at Tilty Abbey, one of many monastic institutions abolished at the Reformation

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    Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 50 Autumn 2025
    Read about the various aspects of the active historical community in Saffron Walden & surrounding villages. The latest edition of ...
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    Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 49 Spring 2025
    The latest edition of the Saffron Walden Historical Journal (No 49 – Spring 2025) is now on sale (£5) at the Saffron Walden Tourist Information Centre, Harts bookshop, the Town Museum and the Saffron Walden Historical Society.
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    Read about the lives of people who shaped our local story. The latest edition of the Saffron Walden Historical Journal ...
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I must recommend this brilliant book to anyone interested in the churches of Norwich and their history. Recently published, large format, loads of photos, maps etc, 500 pages, surprisingly a very reasonable price on line.

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4 Apr 1572: b. William Strachey in Saffron Walden #Essex #otd Writer on Virginia, whose work was disliked by the Virginia Company. His accounts are considered to be a source for #Shakespeare's Tempest (eebo)

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One of the most remarkable books I have read in years, a subtle, complete and convincing reinterpretation of Vermeer's life and work, rooted in the religion that shaped his mind and the Dutch Golden Age. Impossible now to look at his extraordinary paintings as we did before.

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This sign, in Wimbish, always gives me a little buzz of pleasure. Far from being a permissive path this is a primly celibate track

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