Below you'll find a list of all posts from October, 2024
To Pleshey this week at the invitation of Simon Coxall, to see the dig he’s running there in the churchyard, exploring the remains of Pleshey College. The college was founded in 1394, with the church, by Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester and his wife Eleanor de Bohun, who were seated at the castle. It housed nine priests and formed …
The Essex Record Office Archive Access Point in Saffron Walden was opened in January 1996 in response to prolonged lobbying from local organisations, historical groups and individual historians
A major 450pp biography of Winstanley, one of Walden’s greatest sons. With 50 illustrations and a full illustrated catalogue raisonné of his etchings.
Saffron Walden Town Council agreed to discuss the possibility of commemorating the fact that the Parliamentary Army was stationed in Saffron Walden in 1647
This rare arrow- head from the Middle Bronze Age (1275- 1140 BC) has been donate to Saffron Walden Museum, after being found by a metal detectorist in north-west Essex
A bronze plaque in memory of William Campling, the Saffron Walden Chief Constable murdered in 1849, has been placed in Bridge Street, near to where he was shot.
Old Essex Maps is a site that lists and displays antique maps of Essex, including information on many other aspects of historical maps.
The Essex Society for Family History (Saffron Walden Branch) can offer help to those researching their family history.
The RUH is a network of Local History Recorders and other historians which covers most of the towns and villages of NW Essex. They offer an excellent website packed with historical articles, and includes further links to local history societies.
The Society is moving its website to a hosted server and has started designing a new look
TIC at Saffron Walden stocks a wide range of history books, maps, local information and souvenirs and can also arrange local accommodation for visitors.
ERO in Chelmsford conserves a vast range of original documents relating to the town and villages. No appointment is necessary, but requests for documents can be sent in advance via the SEAX catalogue of holdings.
