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

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

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

The Society’s lectures for 2021 to 2022

Up and coming lectures for the Society in 2021 – 2022

There are now over 100 articles freely available on the Saffron Walden History website, taken selectively from out-of-print issues of the Saffron Walden Historical Journal

Saffron Walden Historical Society 2021 Wednesday, 22nd September: ‘The Young Charles Darwin in Cambridge’ Murray Jacobs (Meeting House) Wednesday, 20th October: MARY WHITEMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE The Battle of Britain (Meeting House) Neil Wiffen Wednesday, 24th November: ‘Aspects of Walden’s Medieval Ritual Landscape’ Simon Coxall (Meeting House) Wednesday, 15th December: ‘Misdemeanours and Misdoings: the Victorian Servant Problem’ Dr Judith Hill (On

The Spring 2016 issue of the Journal included articles on the subjects of: a stroll round 1950s Walden with Bruce Munro remembering scenes and characters of the time; a look at the varying styles of fanlights on front doors in some of the town streets and how they relate to historical fashions; memories of when the programme ‘Lovejoy’ was filmed

The programme below is the current season, ending with the AGM on 23 May: 27 September 2017 – A wander round Pompeii – Richard Priestley 25 October 2017 –  Saffron Walden – Mike Hibbs 22 November 2017 – Abbey Lane Chapel – Stephen Rapkin 24 January 2018 – Historic Houses in Essex – Ben Cowell 28 February 2018 –  Saffron

Geoffrey Ball, a regular contributor to the Saffron Walden Historical Journal, has been awarded a prestigious national prize by the British Association for Local History. The photograph shows him receiving the prize from David Hey at the BALH agm in Birmingham in June. Geoffrey, who lives in Saffron Walden, received the BALH Publications Award 2015 in the short article category.

On 12 May 1984 the Saffron Walden Historical Society helped to organize a major Essex History Day at Saffron Walden Town Hall.