Aims of Chrishall Archive Group: To collect, record and preserve documents, photographs and artefacts relating to the history of Chrishall and the surrounding area. To publish and foster an interest in and appreciation of the history of Chrishall and the...
Thank you to everyone who supported the events to commemorate World War 1 that we held at the Archive in November. Thank you to our many visitors, people who loaned items for the display, gave us items for the Archive, came to the talk and supported us by email even...
We have recently been asked the reason behind the name Engleric and are delighted to re-produce this article written many years ago for the village magazine. Mrs Irene Cranwell, village historian, wrote articles for many years under the guise of the village pumps. ...
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...
Following, in the Advent 2017 series, from a piece on Aunt Daisy, it seems appropriate to have something further about the church. Here Irene Cranwell explores the early church registers. These are currently being transcribed and it is hoped will be available to...
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...
I like the old fashioned fruit, we had everything in our garden at B Green [Broad Green], even a Quince tree over the pond. I often wonder if it is still there. The following article is taken from a letter written to Irene Cranwell in 1986 from Sarah Lucy Flack who...
Would you like to support Chrishall Archive? Great! Thank you! There are several ways you can support us. 1. Time is precious, so perhaps just keep us in mind! When was the last time you heard someone say they had plenty of time or they needed some more to...
Before the Archive we have today, Chrishall Museum was housed in a large site caravan and for a while was actually mobile! This mobile museum travelled round the county visiting shows at Wimpole Hall and Radio Cambridgeshire. It was immensely difficult taking a very...
We are hoping to put together a list of all the school teachers from the old Chrishall School here. If you remember any we don't please let us know! 1862: School opens 1870: Miss Elizabeth Dant 1901: Head: James French and wife Ellen also a teacher 1911: Head: Miriam...
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