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Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 32 (Autumn 2016)

The Autumn 2016 issue of the Society’s journal (no 32) featured articles on: 1920-30s Hunger Marchers who came through the town and more

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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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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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'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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