On 25th October 2025, St Mary’s Church in Saffron Walden will be hosting an event starting in the market square which will consist of a reimagining of the debates of 1647 which took place in Walden.
IN THE SPRING of 1647 soldiers of the Parliamentary Army met on the streets and in St. Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden, to elect ‘Agitators’ to present grievances that later developed into far-reaching political demands. Nearly 400 years later a few of their representatives will be seen once again on the same streets.
For more information on this historic event see the article ‘Saffron Walden & the Struggle for Democracy. which was published on this website on 16 September 2025.