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Aldham maps

Historic maps of Aldham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Aldham maps

Aldham map

Historic map of Aldham

Essex map

Illustrated Victorian map of Essex

Aldham map

Historic Map of any Aldham postcode

Aldham maps
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Aldham photos

We have no photos of Aldham, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Lexden Heath, White Colne, Earls Colne, Coggeshall, Feering, Layer Marney

Aldham books

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Harlow Town and City Memories
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Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
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Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
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Aldham books
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Memories of Aldham

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Essex memories

Public House (Coach Stop)

During the 1960s I was a representative for a world known vermouth manufacturer and remember calling regularly on this large pub on the main road to Colchester and the Essex coast. The licensee John, and his wife, Marion, became good friends and I spent many happy hours just talking and joking away the hours. The coaches rolled in and were accommodated... [more]

Shared on 23 April 2009 by Ken Cramer.

blacksmiths

I attended the grammar school 1936-9. Whilst waiting for buses home I used to talk to the local blacksmith. I said to him ,"My granddad uised to be a smith"
When I told him my surname was `King` he asked "Was he Tom King ?" I did not know as my relative had died when I was two but asked "Why?"... [more]

Shared on 05 February 2008 by Peter King.

'Threeways Cafe', Bures

My dad and mum owned the Threeways Cafe in Bures for a while in the late 1950s, they where Eddie and Margaret Morris. If anyone remembers them I would like to see their memories.
Mary

Shared on 03 August 2009 by Mary Page.

Leadership Course

We completed our Lance Bombadier Leadership training in these barracks, we referred to them as cavalry barracks (they are stables now). I was with 52 Bty 45 Fld Regt RA, stationed at Kirkee Barracks. One of my friends (Arnie Mccallion) was on stable duty but was allergic to horses, the BSM thought he was trying to pull a fast one -... [more]

Shared on 26 September 2009 by Ross Grant.

Donkey & Buskins public house, Layer-de-la-Hay

I was the licensee of the above for an all too brief time and had some regular customers who arrived every week-day evening at opening time and were called "The Club". Among them I remember a Ken & Penny Upton and a retired local Headmaster who was known as "Casey".
Time erodes memory, especially re: names, but I hope someone reads... [more]

Shared on 14 October 2008 by Ken Cramer.

So sad

This picture of High Street is very dear to me because it is how I remembered it when I was a boy in the 1940s & 50s. In 1955 I was called up to do my national sevice and was posted abroard, when I returned, to my horror, the church in the foreground had been demolished.  

Shared on 02 August 2008 by Roger Reynolds.

Happy Summer Days at the Pool

This photo' reminded me of those carefree summer days when we would cycle from Myland to the pool, leave our bikes, unlocked, in a heap outside, pay our 6d and go to the dank, cold, changing room under the bridge.
The girls had to cross the end of the pool by a boardwalk to their changing room on the other side.[more]

Shared on 12 February 2008

Colchester 1960s

Lived Colchester late 1950s to late 1960s. Fond memories of picnics in the castle grounds with my young sister and baby brother. Boats on the lake. Military tattoo. Returned after years away and though there was change, much remained the same - thank goodness.

Shared on 28 October 2007 by Haze Perrott.

Extracts From Aldham & Essex books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Aldham, inspired by Frith photos.

Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album

Formerly Bennitts Hill, One Tree Hill was named after the large ash that stood here until the First World War (when it blew down in a gale). It had once proved a useful landmark for shipping on the Thames. In 1926, a mineral well was discovered in Martinhole Wood, just below the hill.

This is an extract from Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album.
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Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album

Crown Hill was the setting for an unusual wager in 1936: a Grays confectioner was bet that he could not cycle backwards up the 1-in-7 road. He did it—twice—even though his challenger failed to show up. The Crown is a 200-year-old pub that once hosted 'smoking concerts'. The plasterwork crown above the entrance is dated 1874.

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Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album

One Tree Hill and Westley Heights were together designated Langdon Hills Country Park in 1973. The County Council had been buying parcels of land in this area since the 1930s, in an attempt to preserve the native trees. Whitebeam, Turkey oak, beech, poplar, sycamore and alder abound here.

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