On the evening of the 15th of June 1904 a steam engine team from Pamplin Brother’s Engineers, Cherry Hinton, was ploughing a field at Catley Park, Great Chesterford.
The Chrishall connection to the Linton Explosion
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Miss Annie Rogers, Home Farm, Chrishall
The following are notes I made from listening to an audio interview with Miss Annie Rogers of Home Farm, High Street. The interview was recorded on 18th July 1994 by Essex Record Office. The village archive at the pavilion holds a copy of the interview on CD and it...
Maria Ellis and Wire Farm
When Maria Ellis (nee Lambert) came to Wire Farm in Chrishall, probably on her marriage to George Ellis in 1847, she was to start an association with the farm that last around 40 years. Maria Lambert, according to FamilySearch.org, was baptized on 24th August...
Plough Team 1917
A plough team from Chrishall in approximately 1917. This might have been one of the last jobs this set of engines did with Drage and Kent as these engines were known to have been sold during 1917. They are: (Lionel) Stanley Clarke on the engine. Then left to right:...
Ellen Clarke Obituary
Ellen Clarke (nee Flack) was married to Charles Clarke and lived in the cottages in Church Road that were pulled down many years ago. You can read a lovely article on what these Charles and Ellen's cottage was like inside from their grand-daughter Marion...
Joyce Loveday – memories of Chrishall
Introduction This is a copy of a piece that was written for the Village Web Magazine in celebration of Joyce Loveday's 90th birthday in 2013. Mrs Loveday has since passed away but there are still family locally. (Sadly none of the ladies in the lovely picture above...
My Chrishall Memories, Vivien Dalling (nee Brand)
I was born and bred in Islington, North London, as was my father, Cyril Wilfred Brand, but my paternal grandfather, William John Brand, was born at Peacock Cottage, Crawley End on 10th February 1878. I first visited Chrishall when I was about 12 years old, when my...
Harry Flack’s Daughter?
The pretty girl in this photograph is reputed to be "Harry Flack's daughter from Chrishall". The only Harry Flack we know (possibly actually Isaac Harry...) had two sons but we can't find a daughter. We know the young boy in the photograph is Esmond Flack from...
Heptzibah and George Harvey
Heptzibah & George Harvey lived in Brick Row and had a large family, relatives of whom still live in the area. We now have another photograph and more information about the Harvey family. Harvey Links Peter Dickinson is related to the Harvey family and has...
Susan and Emma Soole
Susan Soole (nee Ellis) (above) and her daughter Emma (below). Photos from Maureen Weisner Susan (Ellis) Soole was born in Ickleton, Cambridgeshire in about 1814 and married Nicholas Walker Soole, a carpenter, in 1832. Nicholas and Susan moved from Ickleton to...
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