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The Life and Legacy of Rev. John Horseman
The 10th October 1810 was a Wednesday and although perhaps not a remarkable date in history it was an occasion in Heydon and Little Chishill, for this is the day the new rector arrived, Rev. John Horseman. Rev. Horseman had moved around the country. He was a Fellow of Corpus Christi College Oxford where he was…
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Chrishall Village Archive – a personal view
Chrishall Village Archive – a personal view from a newcomer’s perspective When we think of history we usually think of the history of kings and queens, church and state, wars and conquests. In other words, the history of very big events. But local history, the history of your own village, your street, your house and…
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The Vicarage
The Vicarage at Chrishall. The Church and its Vicarage seem such a staple of village life and it seems odd to think it was ever any other way. But in fact, as this article from Irene Cranwell goes to prove, The Vicarage wasn’t always the same house, or the house that housed the vicar, in…
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Historical Village Road Name Changes
Village road names have changed over the years. Below is a collection of the names as we come across them during research. If you have any to add please let us know. Abrams or Abrahams Lane The lane that runs from the corner of Broad Green down the hill to the Mill Causeway, Heydon Lane…
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One of the real old type of sporting yeoman farmers
Looking in our newspaper archive the other day I came across an article about Mr Thomas Charles Pigg of Gentleman’s Farm. Published in the Saffron Walden Weekly News of May 28 1926 was Mr Pigg’s obituary which I thought might be of interest. Gents or Gentleman’s Farm was the old name of Broad Green Farm…
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POW Camp
Over the past few years we have explored the history behind the POW camp(s) at Chrishall Grange. This has been done in association with The Ickleton Society and you can see a full report of the findings on their website here.
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Ethel Fanny Everett
Above is Mullion Cottage at the top of Church Road as you might not have seen it before. Mullion used to be two cottages with a shop in the middle. The shop at the time of this photograph was Hicks’ Butchers, and the Hicks family lived in the cottage on the right of the picture.…
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And the village was burned
Is this the source of an intriguing and persistent folklore tale? Since I was very small, I have been brought up with the story that the old village of Chrishall was in the fields in front of the church going down towards the main Saffron Walden to Royston Road (known by us as “the bottom…
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Alfred Brand and the bees
Alfred Brand lived at Peacock Cottage in Crawley End Chrishall. We don’t know where the above photograph was taken – whether it was in Peacock Cottage garden or at an allotment. At the time Alfred Brand lived there, there would have been allotments just over the road from his house. As you go along Crawley…
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Abrams Family Group
This photograph was given to the collection by Romaine – many thanks. It might add something to the Abrams jigsaw! It is thought to have been taken in 1914 after Clara Ives marriage to Will Drury. Standing from left to right: Lucy and Samuel Abrams, Nell and Will Abrams, then possibly Decima and Florence Flack.…