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November 15, 2025 • posted in News

Britain’s Pompeii

Rare Bronze and Iron Age log boats unearthed have gone on display for the first time.
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November 15, 2025 • posted in Articles

Eastacre, Saffron Walden, the House that Mr Robinson Built

Eastacre in Chaters Hill is one of the most elegant houses in Saffron Walden
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November 11, 2025 • posted in News

War Memorial

Robert Pike, author of The Victor Heroes, has provided the following details of the 159 men recorded on the Saffron Walden War Memorial, lost in WW1.
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November 10, 2025 • posted in Articles

Hadstock Church

On Saturday 5 July 2003, microcores were taken from Hadstock Church Door by two leading dendrochronologists from Oxford University, Dan Miles and Dr Martin Bridge, in an attempt to get a date from the tree rings. … The great oak door was lifted off its hinges and laid on rugs over the pew backs, for the drill to be fixed very securely into place.
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November 9, 2025 • posted in Recommended Reading

Clavering at War

Account of the wartime experiences of Clavering people on the Home Front and in the King’s Forces.
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November 9, 2025 • posted in News

Remembrance Day Parade and Related Posts

Sunday 9th November 2025 saw the annual Remembrance Day Parade, which took place at the top of the High Street by the War Memorial.
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November 6, 2025 • posted in Recommended Reading

Walking the Hamster to the Fountain

This book is an engaging and fascinating read for all history enthusiasts and anyone wishing to learn more about the character of Essex rural life over many centuries.
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November 6, 2025 • posted in Articles

Saffron Walden Town Football Club History of ‘The Meadow’

Having played on the Common in Saffron Walden for 18 years since their formation in 1872, where their only means of raising funds was to take a voluntary collection box around the pitch and request a donation from spectators, the Saffron Walden Town Football Club sought a new ground where they would be able to charge an admission fee.
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November 4, 2025 • posted in News

Linton & District Historical Society

Richard Adams will give us an insight of the history and what remains of this important airfield on Wratting Common
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