Stuart
1603 – 1714
The Church records of births, marriages and deaths started from 1661 and give us more information about the families living in the village during this time.
There are also the court sessions which provide more information about the business of the village.
Some articles for this period
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John Lucas, Village Constable
On a Spring morning, just over 350 years ago, we know precisely what one of Chrishall’s farmers was doing. Was he on his farmland in Church Road instructing his men on the crops he wanted planted? No. He was in Newport. For John Lucas, a yeoman farmer of Chrishall, was also one of the Parish…
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Chrishall Windmill
For nearly three hundred years Chrishall had it’s own windmill*. It stood next to Mill House on Mill Causeway and was a post mill, probably very similar to Chishill Mill. The mill was made of wood and could be turned around a main central post so that the sails were into the wind. Walter Brand…
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Chrishall Hearth Tax
(Picture above: the old brewhouse at Gents Farm, now Broad Green Farm). Forasmuch as nothing conduceth more to the peace and prosperity of a nation, and the protection of every single person therein, than that the public revenue thereof may be in some measure proportioned to the public charges and expenses, we therefore, your Majesty’s…