October 13, 2024 • posted in NewsHistorical Society Website Revamp BeginsThe Society is moving its website to a hosted server and has started designing a new lookRead More
October 10, 2024 • posted in ArticlesAmerican Bittern: an historic first for EssexA remarkable detective story began when Nick Green, a member of the Essex Avifauna Committee, joined a group of ornithologists researching specimens of mounted birds kept at museums in Essex.Read More
October 10, 2024 • posted in ArticlesCrawley Agrimotor of Saffron WaldenIn the early 20th century the town had its own motor-plough production and assembly plantRead More
October 9, 2024 • posted in ArticlesEast Anglia and the Abolition of the Slave TradeBetween 1690 and 1807 it is estimated that some 11 million Africans were transported across the Atlantic as slavesRead More
May 12, 2024 • posted in JournalSaffron Walden Historical Journal No 47 Spring 2024The 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 MarriageRead More
November 28, 2023 • posted in JournalSaffron Walden Historical Journal No 46 Autumn 2023The 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 BrianRead More
May 13, 2023 • posted in SWHS PublicationsOne Man’s Saffron Walden by Bruce MunroIllustrated with hundreds of photographs, the author takes the reader down memory lane, recalling the people, streets, buildings and events of the 1950s onwardsRead More
February 14, 2023 • posted in JournalSaffron Walden Historical Journal No 45 Spring 2023Articles 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 postalRead More
October 12, 2022 • posted in JournalSaffron Walden Historical Journal No 44 Autumn 2022The 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 theRead More