Molehill Green, a hamlet which is part of the parish of Takeley, bordering on Broxted, was envisaged to almost completely disappear if the proposal to build a second runway for Stansted Airport had gone ahead
Saffron Walden Convent
Until 1974, a forbidding brick wall ran along the Ashdon Road on the north side of the Common, largely concealing an even more forbidding and austere building.
The Stone Coffin, the Lost Chapel and the Miracle of the Ring
This is the intriguing story of one of the Miracles associated with Edward the Confessor, the last of the Saxon kings, and of its connection to a long-forgotten chapel in the village of Clavering in NW Essex
1979 Blueprint for Walden Buildings published: Saffron Walden Conservation Study
Lorry drivers like driving through old towns and enjoy the nuisance value they create.
John Collin, Attorney of Saffron Walden, 1740- 1783
John Collin, who was born in 1740 and died in 1783, was an attorney and banker from Saffron Walden.
The Misses Hart of Saffron Walden
The story of Hart’s is well known: of how Henry Hart, a carpenter’s son from Linton, was apprenticed as printer in 1814 to George Youngman in Market Hill, Saffron Walden; and of how he bought his own printing press in 1836 and set up a stationery shop.
Saffron Walden College
During the years 1884-1977 Saffron Walden College for Mistresses had a distinguished history. It was early in the field of providing a course related to the multi-ethnic character of many schools