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My mother, Winnie Coates, nee Clarke was the youngest of eight children born to Ellen and Charles Clarke. I was born in London and we lived in a modern flat with all mod cons. It was completely different visiting my Nanna and Grandad. They lived in the right hand...
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...
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...
(This beautiful Victorian Christmas card was rescued on the clearing of an old cottage in Chrishall and is one of a collection that can be seen in the Chrishall Scrapbook.) Irene Cranwell, one of Chrishall’s oldest residents, remembers Christmas as it used to be. ...
The following article was written some years ago by Margaret Richardson. Founding of Chrishall Methodist Chapel The church was started on the 5th May 1838 by two men from Upwell in Norfolk who founded the Saffron Walden Methodist Circuit. The church met in what is now...
Memorandum that on the 12th day of August Anon Domini 1683 Roger Bankes (illegible word) read the Book of Articles of Religion and gave his (illegible word) and consent to all things contained in the Book of Common Prayer and (Illegible word) of the Sacrament and...
Here is the Chrishall Census 1911, on the 2nd of April. Lots more detail in this census including the rather sad column for 'children who have died'. You can see the rise of the steam engine business the village with occupations such as 'Traction...
I wonder if the owner of Chiswick Hall in 1945 realised how far his new Farm Record Book would travel in it's lifetime? To be honest he was probably much more concerned about how he (or she?) was going to fill it in and exactly what they were going to grow where in...
1891 Census Return for Chrishall, Essex UK. Total inhabitants including Chrishall Grange = 590 (251 males, 239 females). Address Name Relation-ship to Head Whether Married Age Last Birthday (M / F) Occupation Employer Worker or Own Account Where Born (otherwise...
1901 Census Return for Chrishall, Essex UK. Enumerator: Mr William Robert Brand Boundary of Enumeration District: The whole of Chrishall Civil parish (including an existing detached part of Chris-hall Civil parish, locally situated between Wenden Lofts and Elmdon)...
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