In the early 20th century the town had its own motor-plough production and assembly plant

Between 1690 and 1807 it is estimated that some 11 million Africans were transported across the Atlantic as slaves

The latest edition of the Saffron Walden Historical Journal (No 47) is on sale (£4) at Tourist Information, Harts Bookshop and Saffron Walden Museum. Articles in this issue include: The Magic Circle Comes to Saffron WaldenDavid Walsh Baptist Church Celebrates 250 Years in Saffron WaldenMichael Furlong The Almshouse TrophyMartin Rose A Crucifixion Alabaster at St Mary’s ChurchHelen Lunnon Money Marriage

The latest edition of the Saffron Walden Historical Journal (No 46) is on sale (£4) at Tourist Information, Harts Bookshop and Waitrose, Saffron Walden (among the newspaper section). Articles in this issue include: The Story of Saffron Walden Town ArchivesDavid Stacey The Regency of Saffron WaldenAlex Reeve The Old Sun Inn – a new eraDouglas Kent The Art of Brian

Illustrated with hundreds of photographs, the author takes the reader down memory lane, recalling the people, streets, buildings and events of the 1950s onwards

Articles in this issue include: Saffron Walden Borough Council: the Provision of Public Services, 1835-1974 The Windmills of Ashdon A Bradbury Bisected by Chain-shot One Man’s Saffron Walden: Book Launch Event Bridge End Garden: A Picture Article Adèle Meyer and Philanthropy The Navvy and the Evangelist The Crawley Agrimotor of Saffron Walden Obituary: Geoffrey Ball (1926-2022) To order a postal

The latest edition of the Saffron Walden Historical Journal (No 46) is on sale (£4) at Tourist Information, Harts Bookshop and Waitrose, Saffron Walden (among the newspaper section). Articles in this issue include: A Jewel in the Crown: did it once change hands in Clavering?Jacqueline Cooper A Tale of Two Banks: the collapse of Searles and the rise of the

The latest edition of the Saffron Walden Historical Journal (No 43) is on sale (£4) at Tourist Information, Harts Bookshop and Waitrose, Saffron Walden (among the newspaper section). Articles in this issue include: John Gerald O’Leary (1900-1985) and the Saffron Walden History JournalJacqueline Cooper Victorian Vandals Saffron Walden in the 1950sBruce Munro The Medieval and Later Fragments of Stained Glass

Richard Jemmett, always known as ‘Dick’, was born in Ilfracombe, North Devon, 17 months after his elder brother John.   His parents had a greengrocers’ shop in the High Street, and an extensive nursery outside the town.   His mother, Elsie, was a trained florist, often ordering flowers from Covent Garden for wreaths that she continued to prepare for many years after

John Read, born in Winchmore Hill in 1933, was the oldest surviving child of Dr Frank Read and Margaret Woodhouse, who had spent seven years in India with the Church Missionary Society where, tragically they lost three previous babies. Soon after their return to England John was born, and the family then settled in Brighton, where at the age of

With a huge sense of loss, we record the death of Lizzie Sanders in August 2020, aged 70. She had lived in Littlebury since 1987, but I think our first encounter was probably when she produced the Parish of Littlebury Millennium Album (2000), a portrait of the village residents at the turn of the century. This was followed by an