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‘STAND AWHILE AND ADMIRE’ A History of the Saffron Walden Museum

In September, 1832, three gentlemen strolled across the grass in front of the ruined keep of Walden Castle, deep in conversation. They were talking about the possibility of putting up a building for use as a museum

American Bittern: an historic first for Essex
A 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.
Archives of Saffron Walden-Crime Records, Diaries & Letters
Saffron Walden is rich in historical archives, held by the Town Library, Saffron Walden Museum, the Town Council, Essex Record Office Archive Access Point and others, and much of it still largely untapped
Bronze Age Hoards from NW Essex
Our understanding of local prehistory has been enriched over the past few years
Camden’s Britannia
Among the treasures of Saffron Walden Town Library are various editions of the first-ever topographical survey of the whole country, by William Camden
Carnival v Festival
‘About five minutes television film time’, estimated BBC Director, Don Howarth, when questioned by a Weekly News reporter about the results of a To-Night television film team’s visit to Saffron Walden on Sunday.
Causewayed Enclosures and Stone Circles
Causewayed Enclosures are rare in England, with only about 60 known to exist, most of them in the south and south-east, but at least ten of these were clustered in the Cambridge area
Compton Census in NW Essex
In January 1675/6 Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury, directed that a census be made of the number of inhabitants papist recusants and dissenters in each parish
Crawley Agrimotor of Saffron Walden
In the early 20th century the town had its own motor-plough production and assembly plant
East Anglia and the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Between 1690 and 1807 it is estimated that some 11 million Africans were transported across the Atlantic as slaves
Essex Record Office Archive Access Point in Saffron Walden
The Essex Record Office Archive Access Point in Saffron Walden was opened in January 1996 in response to prolonged lobbying from local organisations, historical groups and individual historians
Ethnography at Saffron Walden Museum
Upstairs, in the semi-darkened rooms of Saffron Walden Museum, there lies a remarkable collection of cultural artefacts from all around the world, many of them gathered at the height of Victorian collection fever.
Francis Gibson’s Garden
Francis Gibson (1805–58), the youngest of Atkinson Francis Gibson’s children, conceived and designed Bridge End Garden, previously known as Fry’s Gardens.
Goodbye Woolies
two old properties were demolished and replaced by Woolworths’ splendid new modern store.
Holed stones and sharp iron: equine folklore at Wicken Bonhunt
The tiny settlement of Bonhunt, part of the parish of Wicken Bonhunt, four miles south-west of Saffron Walden, consists today of only four houses and the abandoned and desecrated early medieval chapel of St. Helen
Impact of the American air bases during World War Two in East Anglia
In 1939 there were only 1,700,000 people living in East Anglia. The main industry continued to be centred around agriculture, but the East Anglian economy was in a poor state in the pre-war period.
John Newman: Martyr
A blue plaque with the above inscription is to be found on the wall of Saffron Walden Town Hall above the western end of the front portico
Lief Aalbu’s Scrapbook
Amongst the papers of former Town Clerk H. C. Stacey in the Saffron Walden Town Library is a cheap red scrapbook that provides a unique insight into life in Saffron Walden during the second half of WW2
Littlebury-a walk back in time around the bounds
On Sunday 21 May 2006 the History Group of the Parish of Littlebury Millennium Society re-created the ancient tradition of beating the parish bounds.
Lost Parish of Thunderley
Thunderley was a parish in NW Essex till the 15th century when it was judged unable to support a parson and merged with neighbouring Wimbish.
Memories of Broxted
‘The date is 1910, when as a girl of twelve years, I lived in a small village among the meadows, brooks, and endless miles of flowering hedges and trees. All was peaceful in my little village… a church, post-office, mill, school and a candy shop.
Memories of the Boys’ British School, Saffron Walden 1937-1964
‘A man’s world’ – or so it seemed to me when I joined the staff of B.B.S. in 1937.
Recent Archaeology in Saffron Walden Town Centre
Saffron Walden has one of the best preserved historic centres in Essex.
Saffron Walden Borough Arms Deo Adjuvante Floremus
In 1784 William Robinson jnr made a drawing which included the Borough Arms as used then, based on the 1688 seal made after the 1685 Charter.
Saffron Walden Town Hall
A book with the title ‘Accct of Town Hall & New Buildings begun 1761’ in the town archives is endorsed ‘Samuel Fiske 1826 given me by J. Wolfe Esq’.
Seventeenth Century Copper Tokens of Saffron Walden: a commentary
Copper farthing and halfpenny coins were issued in the mid-17th century by the town's tradesmen in the absence of royal copper coinage.
Site of the Battle of Assandun, 1016
The Battle of Assandun was the event which eventually gave Cnut the Crown of England.
St. Mary’s, Saffron Walden Burial Registers 1558-1892
The burial registers officially continue until the end of 1856, when the churchyard was closed for burials due to overcrowding
The Dissenters’ Burial Ground at Wimbish
The Wimbish Dissenters’ burial ground today is well-maintained, planted with bulbs, and contains two memorial stones, as well as a seat donated by descendants in 2002.
The Legacy of Adrian Gibson
Adrian Gibson, left an important legacy to the town of Saffron Walden by carefully describing and listing many of its most important buildings on behalf of English Heritage
Wimbish and Thunderley – the development of settlement in a boulder-clay landscape
Thunderley and Wimbish since the Conquest, landholding and agricultural change in NW Essex
‘Say it with Flowers’ The Engelmann Nursery, Saffron Walden
The difficulty of producing flowers throughout the year in the unfavourable British climate was finally solved by the development of the heated greenhouse.
‘STAND AWHILE AND ADMIRE’ A History of the Saffron Walden Museum
In September, 1832, three gentlemen strolled across the grass in front of the ruined keep of Walden Castle, deep in conversation. They were talking about the possibility of putting up a building for use as a museum

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