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History News Archive

The Saffron Walden Historical Journal carries a number of shorter items as ‘History News’ regarding history-related events in the locality, usually at the end of the journal, but sometimes on other pages.
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History News Archive 2023– 2024

Ashdon Windmill The featured picture above is © David Nicol Ashdon Windmill was originally constructed c. 1754-7 and remains as an important landmark on the outskirts of the village. Ashdon Windmill Trust was formed to save, acquire and restore the mill to working condition. In 2024, to keep the mill sound and fully functional, it needed repainting to ensure timbers

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History News Archive 2006 – 2007

Saffron Walden Town Council agreed to discuss the possibility of commemorating the fact that the Parliamentary Army was stationed in Saffron Walden in 1647

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History News Archive 2004- 2005

This rare arrow- head from the Middle Bronze Age (1275- 1140 BC) has been donate to Saffron Walden Museum, after being found by a metal detectorist in north-west Essex

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History News Archive 2001 – 2003

A bronze plaque in memory of William Campling, the Saffron Walden Chief Constable murdered in 1849, has been placed in Bridge Street, near to where he was shot.

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14 Jan 2011492235989192878

The brass was positioned in the south aisle so his effigy would literally lie between the two most important women in his life - his mother's tomb is still visible on the south wall.

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11 Jan 2010319423928979481

Fascinated by JF-B's deadpan remark that after defeat in the Nile delta (Feb 1250) St Louis was "carried to the house of a Parisian lady who lived nearby". In Mansoura? Married to a friendly Mamluk she met when he was studying in Paris? Tell more!

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7 Jan 2008969896869437767

A National Treasure: England's Best-Preserved Medieval Wooden Effigy

St Andrew, Fersfield (Norfolk) houses the oak effigy of Sir Robert du Bois (d.1333), carved c.1340 and retaining its original paint.

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29 Dec 2005602205093466542

'Neere this place lyeth buried Will Barlee Esq and Elizab his wife'

An unusual incised memorial to William and Elizabeth Barlee, 1610/1619, and their son John and his wife Mary, 1633/1643, at Clavering, Essex. Lots of info, a reminder that these things were partly intended to

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