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SOCIETY MEMBERS GO UNDERGROUND

On 17th June 2026 for their annual summer outing, a group from the Society took a dive into Royston Cave,

Quakers Celebrate 350 years in Saffron Walden
A small group of Quakers began meeting in Saffron Walden in the middle of the 17th century, before non-conformist religions were tolerated. Magistrates initially persecuted the Quakers and they were heavily fined for meeting openly.
Strethall Lad does OK
More often than not, history is concerned with the activities of the great and the good. It is a rare event indeed to be able to give an account of the adventurous life of a farm labourer born in a remote rural community almost 200 years ago.
Return of ‘The Cuckoo’
Some years ago while perusing the stock in a well-known Saffron Walden antique shop, I chanced upon an unusual, and at the time unidentified iron object
Radwinter to Beeleigh Abbey
This booklet is attractively presented with a subtitle designed to lure the reader in by referring to a medieval route of paths and a river cutting through the 'Heart of Essex'
The Map that Changed the WORLD
This book is about English geologist William Smith and his great achievement, the first geological map of England, Wales and southern Scotland.