Chrishall Archive Group are interested in promoting and preserving the history of Chrishall and its locality for the enjoyment of current and future generations. This is done via the website, the Archive at the Pavilion and via local events. Why do we exist? Well simply because everyone loves a good story!
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Chrishall Archive has received the following request for help with a research project. I must admit I know very little about ‘Mary Tins’ so if anyone does have one, or knows any more about them, it would be lovely to know. Please reply to Martin in the first instance....
New Chrishall History Facebook page so we can continue to share the collection even when the Archive is closed. As I write this we are in the midst of a pandemic - Corvid-19 has changed our lives and is a historic event in itself. One of the impacts of the virus is...
On November 23rd we ran the third Irene Cranwell Memorial Lecture. This year it took the form of an afternoon exhibition plus evening talk. We were very pleased to work with SOCA, the Society of Chrishall Artists at this event. Chrishall Archive Group had a history...
Members of Chrishall Archive Group joined with the Parish Council to commemorate Remembrance Sunday. The church service this year was held in Chishill where the names of all those listed on the war memorials from all the group of churches were read out. It was felt it...
The old photographs in our collection are much admired and now you can own some of your own copies - or send them to friends. We have a lovely collection of five postcards depicting old scenes of the village and one modern beautiful Springtime image of the church. ...
As you may know from the last newsletter - (sign up for your copy here if you currently miss out!) - I was hoping to do an advent calendar on the website again this year but other things have got in the way and I have not had time to put all the articles together. So...
Thank you to everyone who supported the events to commemorate World War 1 that we held at the Archive in November. Thank you to our many visitors, people who loaned items for the display, gave us items for the Archive, came to the talk and supported us by email even...
If you are a Facebook user you might be interested in the Saffron Walden 'Blast from the Past' group which has a real treasure trove of images and information from Saffron Walden and surrounding villages. It is a public group so you should be able to view the posts...
This summer's project for Chrishall Archive is Through the Keyhole We want to find out who lived where in Chrishall. With approximately 250 homes and at least 500 years of history we felt that this was a project that offered plenty of scope!! On a more serious note,...
The boy with the birds continues to fascinate Just over a year ago I wrote about a picture of the boy with the birds. This was around the time when we found the photographs that turned out to be (we think) the Mallow family from Hamlet House, Pond Street near...
