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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

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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.

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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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Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 28 (Autumn 2014)

The beautiful gold Saxon Ring acquired by Saffron Walden Museum, found in the fields of NW Essex, is featured with a splendid colour photograph on the front cover of the Saffron Walden Historical Journal, No 28

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6 Jul 2074081596219473966

And/or the church at Hadstock?

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Are we all ready for Saturday's re-enactment of the Battle of Assandun? At least we have the consolation that if the Norwegians win they may found an abbey

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ClerkofOxford avatar Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford ·
23 Jun 2069463737199677641

Tonight is Midsummer Eve, which was for centuries the traditional date for celebrating the summer solstice. It was once a high point of the festival year - a time of feasts, parades, ghosts, love, roses, and bonfires blazing in the short summer night.

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21 Jun 2068589480735338940

'In June, when the jewel climbs up
highest in the year into the heavens,
brightest of stars...
At that time the fairest of lights
likes to gaze longer upon the earth,
to move more slowly across the meadows.'

Anglo-Saxon writers on the summer solstice: https://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2014/06/se-lengsta-dg-anglo-saxon-solstice.html

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2/2 I also recommend 'The Parish Churches of Norwich', available through all good bookshops or from Amazon at https://amzn.eu/d/03EhOSzU

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