An exhibition exploring Thaxted Windmill’s rich history is set to open to the public
John Farmer, Quaker of SaffronWalden and his Travels in America: 1711-1714
John Farmer, a Quaker living in Saffron Walden in the early 18th century, asked for permission to travel further than most – to America.
Reverend John Hanson Sperling: 1825-1894
The Rector of St Margaret’s Parish Church, Wicken Bonhunt in the mid-19th century exemplified a section of Anglican clergy
Horham Hall Farm, Thaxted, 1807
About one and a half miles out of Thaxted on the Broxted- Elsenham road (B1051) near Armigers Farm, there is a private road leading to Horham Hall,
Quakers Celebrate 350 years in Saffron Walden
A small group of Quakers began meeting in Saffron Walden in the middle of the 17th century, before non-conformist religions were tolerated. Magistrates initially persecuted the Quakers and they were heavily fined for meeting openly.
Strethall Lad does OK
More often than not, history is concerned with the activities of the great and the good. It is a rare event indeed to be able to give an account of the adventurous life of a farm labourer born in a remote rural community almost 200 years ago.
Return of ‘The Cuckoo’
Some years ago while perusing the stock in a well-known Saffron Walden antique shop, I chanced upon an unusual, and at the time unidentified iron object
Radwinter to Beeleigh Abbey
This booklet is attractively presented with a subtitle designed to lure the reader in by referring to a medieval route of paths and a river cutting through the ‘Heart of Essex’
The Map that Changed the WORLD
This book is about English geologist William Smith and his great achievement, the first geological map of England, Wales and southern Scotland.
Reuben’s Corner
This book has been referred to as a minor classic. It covers the early part of the author’s life, in the village of Ashdon.
Hunger Marchers in Saffron Walden (‘We refuse to starve in silence’)
The Hunger Marches took place in Britain between 1922 and 1936 against a background of severe unemployment
Samuel Pepys and Saffron Walden
Samuel Pepys began his diary at the age of 27 years on 1st January 1660. At Audley End, Pepys somewhat seditiously drank the health of Charles II who was not to return from exile for another four months.