Names provided by Bruce Drury. Chrishall Football Team 1921. The two photos are clearly taken on the same day though the location is slightly different and they had obviously had time to "light up" for the picture above. (Did they smoke during a game?!) Alec Whitmore,...
Wedding of Mary Cane to Albert Howard, 18 November 1922 in front of what is now Barleymans - note the rough cobbled path. Mary's father (Joseph) and mother (Sarah) are far left and her brother Arthur is back row far right. D: 1920 C: 20th Century 1922
These photos were taken on the 1st May 1928. Arthur Cane (born 1904?) worked for Drage & Kent of Chrishall working with the steam plough teams. Two engines, one at each end of the field would pull the plough by a cable turned by an horizontal cable drum under the...
These cottages have long been demolished and replaced by modern bungalows. Another view of them can be seen on the old war memorial photo on the Village Centre page. The picture is taken from Nash's Farm wall which you can see close up on the left, and looking towards...
Sylvia Rich writes: Eli & Ada Rumsey (nee Drury) would have been living here with daughter Vi. Eli died in 1955, aged 82 and I believe Vi continued living there until her death in 1976, aged 71. You can see a picture of Eli Rumsey in the wedding photo below....
Saffron Cottage, Church Road. Wonderfully we know who the people are in the picture. The date on the bottom of the picture appears to be 1911 and the people are "Grandmother" [1. Description provided by Joan Clarke/Rose/Mumby's sister] Emily Brooks and Mrs Carrie...
(Written by Kathy and Mal Kemp of Australia) James Kemp and Sarah Wisbey married on the 20th November, 1847 in Chrishall, England. On 9th January 1851 James (aged 23) and Sarah with their one year old son William, left Plymouth on the ship Wanderer, arriving in South...
Jack was born at Chalky Lane in 1909 to Fred and Matilda Green. Both his mother and father were born in the village, his father at the old cottages that used to be to the left of the chapel. Jack started school at 5 but "didn't do any good at all". He would much...
Welcome to this website about the community of Chrishall in Essex. Chrishall is a small village on a hilltop in the very north west of Essex, close to the borders of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, in the East of England. This website is particularly aimed at...
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