Chrishall Village History

The life and times of a North Essex Village
A follow up to the Tinworth Story

A follow up to the Tinworth Story

Dec 30, 2018 | Village Folk

In August 2017 the BBC Who Do You Think You Are programme included a connection to the Tinworth family who were mining for gold in Australia.  Knowing that we had Tinworths in the village, I looked up the connection and found that indeed Charles Tinworth who went to...
Two Ears of Barley

Two Ears of Barley

Jul 14, 2018 | Builden End, Village Folk

I was recently loaned a lovely little book called Two Ears of Barley, written by Jack Wilkerson and published in 1969 and all about the history of Barley in Cambridgeshire.  Barley is only about three miles from Chrishall as the crow flies and there are lots of...
Loveday family of High Street

Loveday family of High Street

Mar 30, 2018 | Village Folk

This lovely photograph has written on the back “Stan Loveday as a baby” and “Small boy Walter Loveday”.  Checking on the 1901 census it looks like this could be the Loveday family of High Street.  In 1901 William was 34 and a horsekeeper on a...
Mrs Flack’s story of Mary Rumbell

Mrs Flack’s story of Mary Rumbell

Dec 24, 2017 | Advent 2017, Village Folk

The picture above is Mrs Albert Flack outside Chapel Cottage in Crawley End. Mrs Flack lived in Chrishall all her life but in the story below you can hear the tale of what happened to her one day when she got lost in Chrishall…  She tells her story to Mrs Irene...
Charles and Mary-Ann Flack

Charles and Mary-Ann Flack

Dec 17, 2017 | Advent 2017, Village Folk

Charles and Mary-Ann Flack who lived in High Street in Chrishall next door to the Guiver’s who lived at ‘Kemps’.  Charles and Mary-Ann had two sons and a daughter according to the 1911 census.  Charles was one of the traction engine drivers as was...
Aunt Daisy

Aunt Daisy

Dec 8, 2017 | Advent 2017, Village Folk

She was Aunt Daisy to generations of Sunday School children in Chrishall. But to give her her full title she was Miss Daisy Maud Revell. Aunty Daisy was one of her the most placid persons I have ever known. Nothing ruffled her and she was completely devoid of physical...
The Abrams family of Builden End

The Abrams family of Builden End

Dec 4, 2017 | Advent 2017, Village Folk

Samuel and Lucy Abrams lived at Builden End and had four children.  Here they are outside their house in Builden End with two of their daughters.  We have some lovely photographs of the Abrams family thanks to Jane Spengler and Penny Swift, relations of the Ives...
Charlie Rogers, Home Farm

Charlie Rogers, Home Farm

Dec 3, 2017 | Advent 2017, Village Folk

A lovely photo of Charlie Rogers looking confidently down into the camera standing out the front of Home Farm in High Street. Charlie went on to marry Dorothy Rush whose parents ran the garage (see yesterday’s advent post). Click on the photo below for a larger...
Mr and Mrs Rush

Mr and Mrs Rush

Dec 2, 2017 | Advent 2017, Village Folk

Mr and Mrs Rush ran the garage in the centre of the village. Among other things they provided taxi services.  You can see a picture of the garage here when it was run by Mr Pigg. (Click on the photograph below to see a larger version).  
George Cranwell

George Cranwell

Nov 1, 2017 | Village Folk

The painting above of Chrishall Chapel was done in 1915 by George Cranwell.  George was the youngest son of Oswald and Ann Cranwell who lived at what is now Ramblers, Crawley End, Chrishall. Oswald and Ann had seven children, six boys and one girl: Charles, Walter,...