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February 14, 2025

The Curiohaus Trials

An evening talk at Linton Village Hall Between 1945-49 the Curiohaus Hamburg held court over the trials of Nazi War Crimes. Speaker Russell Kent is a retired IT consultant. In a 35-year career, he owned and managed two companies which provided writing and training services to many of the world’s largest users of digital technology. He has a degree in
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January 30, 2025

Thaxted’s John Webb Windmill to be restored

John Webb’s or Lowe’s Mill is a 221 year old Grade II* listed[1] tower mill at Thaxted, Essex, England, which was closed to the public in 2018 after eroding brickwork led to extensive internal damage.
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December 14, 2024

Church Porches -Book Launched

The church porches of medieval England are among the most beautiful and glorious aspects of ecclesiastical architecture; but in comparison with its stained glass, for example, they have been relatively little studied. This book, the first detailed study of them for over a century, gives new insights into this often over-looked element.
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December 4, 2024

New Henry Winstanley Book Launched

Successful book signing on 3rd December 2024 by Martin Rose. A recently published new biography of Henry Winstanley, the Saffron Walden engineer, engraver, lighthouse-builder and theatrical entrepreneur was launched on 3rd December 2024 at the Old Sun Inn, Church Street, Saffron Walden . As Douglas Kent (owner of the Sun Inn) said, the Winstanley family were known to have associations
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November 10, 2024

Remembrance Day Parade and Related Posts

Sunday 10th November saw the annual Remembrance Day Parade, which took place at the top of the High Street by the War Memorial. The Society has a number of posts and articles relating to both World War I and World War II.
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October 31, 2024

Archaeology at Pleshey

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
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October 22, 2024

Henry Winstanley biography – book published

A major 450pp biography of Winstanley, one of Walden’s greatest sons. With 50 illustrations and a full illustrated catalogue raisonné of his etchings.
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October 13, 2024

Historical Society Website Revamp Begins

The Society is moving its website to a hosted server and has started designing a new look
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October 6, 2019

SWHS Lectures 2021-22

The Society’s lectures for 2021 to 2022
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August 26, 2018

SWHS Programme 2021-22

Up and coming lectures for the Society in 2021 – 2022
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