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My 3rd Great Grandfather
The 1841 Census says that my 3rd great grandfather, William Little, with wife Ann and family, lived at this Windmill. His occupation is stated as 'Miller' so I guess he worked on the premises. One of his sons, George, grew to marry Mary Ann and run the Barley Mow Beer House on Chapel Hill. His daughter Mary Ann was a barmaid there at age 19 and at George's death his wife took over the running of the premises. It passed into the hands of other family members later.
A memory of Stansted Mountfitchet contributed by Lynne McCarrick
childhood
I was born in White Roding in 1961. In 1968 my family and I went to live in Bishops Stortford. While we were there my father worked as a grave digger and landscape gardener in the local area. I fondly remember going to some of the church yards with him and playing while he worked. The church at Little Hallingbury was one of those churches. We emmigrated to Australia in 1969 and although I went home several times I never revisited the church. This photo vividly brings back my childhood memories of lovely warm summers days lazily playing in the church yard and marvelling at the beauty of the church itself....my love of churches and church yards has stayed with me ...read more here
A memory of Little Hallingbury contributed by rebel evans
The Clock House
My Nan and Grandad lived in the Clock House for a long time, from birth I spent many happy christmas's here with my big family. This house is my most favourite place in England, I love absolutely everything about it and only wish anyone reading this could get a glimpse of my wonderful memories. I was told I was conceived here.
500 years old+, it's quite hard for me to grasp just how old that is.
The best things about this house... how 'lived in' it felt, the noise of the cars and the ages going past through the little lead windows.. waiting for Father Christmas I was convinced he'd never miss the Clock House... It has fireplaces in nearly every ...read more here
A memory of Takeley contributed by Amy De'ath
Sawmill
My Great Grandfather's brother used to own a sawmill in Newport in Wartime (World War II). His name was George Alfred (Alf) Ginger and Alf was married to Rebecca. My father remembers visitng the sawmill as a boy, seeing his cousin Seorus and hearing stories about how their house, situated near the mill, was haunted. My father's Uncle Ralph would make matchsticks stand up on end! I would be interested hearing from anyone who knows anything about the sawmill or my long lost relatives.
A memory of Newport contributed by Tracy Ginger
Extracts From Farnham & Essex books
The Friends’ School, a Quaker boarding school, moved to Saffron Walden from Croydon in 1879. It was built on land given by George Stacey Gibson, and was designed by Edward Burgess. It is a fine building of red brick, and stands in a commanding position.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".
The Hospital opened in 1866 and was designed by William Beck. It was built on land given by the 5th Lord Braybrooke of Audley End House, and cost £5,504 to build.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".
The Baptist Church was built 1878-9. The memorial stone was set up on 3 June 1879; tea was served in the body of the chapel, while a choir of 200 children sang from the gallery. The building opened for worship on 15 October 1879. The War Memorial stands outside the Baptist Church. On the other side of the road is the lamp-post which was first in the Market Square, with its black-painted cast iron base. On the left, behind the tiled building, is all that remained of one of the many malting kilns - there were over 30 in the town in the 19th century.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".
The fine, wide street has 19th-century houses on the left; on the right are commercial buildings, filling the ground floors of older timber-framed houses. On the right we can make out Marjorie Jolland, wools and art needlework, next to Goddard’s, electrical engineers, and then a stone archway with YMCA. Further down the hill is De Barr’s shoe shop. The large brick-faced building on the corner of George Street announces A V Britton, cars and coaches for hire.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".
It is from the War Memorial that the procession begins to St Mary’s Church on Remembrance Sunday. On the left is a small shop, now an accountants’ office. The pillar box is now further down the High Street. In the foreground are Nos 1 and 2 Debden Road. No 1 is divided by a drainpipe from 100 High Street. Next to the archway was Miss Fitch’s bakery, and then beyond another house was the early 19th-century Duke of York pub, a listed building.
An extract from from"Saffron Walden Town and City Memories".