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1871 Census

1871 Census

1871 Census Return for Chrishall, Essex UK. (William Cranwell, photo above, appears on the census below.) These pages have been copied from data kindly supplied by Denise Carr of Swindon. Whilst great care has been taken in copying the data, complete accuracy cannot...

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1861 Census

The 1861 Census Return for Chrishall, Essex UK.   This entry has been copied from data kindly supplied by Angela Philips of Melbourne Australia. Angela is distantly related to the Brooks, Cranwell and Clarke families of Chrishall but her main interest is the Law...

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Chrishall School 1890

Chrishall School 1890

Most of their names are now long forgotten. The school house was vacant at the time of the 1891 census but in 1901 49 year old James French was the schoolmaster and his 49 year old wife Ellen was the schoolmistress. Their daughter Lilian was aged 22 in 1901 and listed...

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Wire Farm

Wire Farm

Wire Farm c 1914.    Chapel Cottage is in the distance and the Chapel itself can just be seen on the left. The pond appears muddy and the slipway approach to it is clearly visible.  The pond would have been very useful to the farm for washing down carts as well as...

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Rev. Godfrey Everth’s Book of Poetry

Rev. Godfrey Everth’s Book of Poetry

The Rev. Godfrey Everth was vicar at Chrishall from 1839 (see all the vicars of Chrishall here).  We hope it was the inspiration of his surroundings that ten years later allowed him to publish a book of poetry he had written. The Rev. Godfrey Everth MA, whose memorial...

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