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Cornish Hall End maps
Historic maps of Cornish Hall End and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Cornish Hall End maps
Cornish Hall End photos
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Finchingfield| Great Sampford| Toppesfield| Great Bardfield| Wethersfield| Great Yeldham| Thaxted| Haverhill| Shalford| Wimbish| Sible Hedingham| Clare
Cornish Hall End area books
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Memories of Cornish Hall End
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Week Ends
Fishing in whitleys farm pond with don martin eyes glued on the water for tench bubbles. catching one of two pounds and scared half to death of it getting off the hook [ granny knots] ..riding in trailers full of warm wheat.. birds nesting down the old farm and falling in the moat. getting shouted at for riding my bike on the cricket pitch. having my foot run over by the roller [same day] scrumping apples out of mrs cardys garden and falling in the stinging nettles when she came out. getting wood for bonfire night. fights.pic meadow pond a magical place [sadly filled in long ago] lots more, post later using accent of the place mite be funny reading.
Essex memories
Growing up in Finchingfield
My family Ken and Joan Blake owned the Church Hill Stores (opposite the Church) from 1945 to the early 50's then we lived in the village until 1957. I have many memories of my time in Finchingfield and many faces and events come flooding back. This picture shows a row of cottages known to me as The Causeway where in my time there was an ice cream shop. The lane opposite - The Pikle -(spelling unknown) had high brick walls on both sides and as a child I used to stamp along in my wellingtons making a lovely echoing plonk. I can still hear the sound.
In My Day
In my days in the village I recall the upstairs room of the Guildhall having a snooker table where the men used to gather, this would be shortly after the war. Of more interest to me was the Library that was situated downstairs. As a very small child I was able to borrow and read books of all kinds which stimulated a life-long interest and love of books. The Guildhall had a gateway from the churchyard to the road right through the middle of the building (not quite apparent in this photo) and one day whilst walking through to my home (Church Hill Stores) I had my picture taken by a photographer who used it to produce a postcard. I wonder if any survive today? However much to my mother's chagrin, I was well wrapped up against the East Anglian wind and my face was totally obscured by a large headscarf, thus lasting fame eluded me.
A Search in Progress
Finchingfield to me, in my younger days, was a place that Dad would take Mum and me to on a Sunday afternoon drive. Never to stop for very long but it is a place that leaves a snapshot in your memory.
Being an adopted child I did not realise at the time that Finchingfield would play a large part in a search that I have been on for nearly 15 years.
Little did I know until I applied for and recived my original birth cert that "Pond View Restaurant" in Finchingfield in 1952 was the last address of my "birth mother".
I have searched records and even visited Finchingfield but to no avail to find any reference to "Pond View" Resturant or its owners at the time who I believe were my Aunts.
So...if anyone who has read this or knows someone who might remember way back then please, I would love to hear from you. The smallest piece of information just might be the key that unlocks a... Read more
Birthplace of my Grandfather
On 5 August 1885 my grandfather, Edward Bentall Collis, was born at Hall Farm, Toppesfield. Edward was the fourth child of David Taylor and Julia Anna Collis.
I have visited Toppesfield twice and have been unable to locate Hall Farm. On my last visit, some three years ago, it was suggested to me that Berwick Hall was Hall Farm back in 1885.
Can anyone confirm for me that this is correct.
My Father
My father Ollie Frank Letch was born at Gainsford End, Toppesfield in 1907. His parents were Harry William Letch and Ellen Ruth (nee Teader). In later life my father was also known as Cyril. I believe the family also lived at Morris Green and Hawks Hall, Sible Hedingham. They were horse keepers on farms and labourers I believe. I wonder if anyone has memories of his family and where they lived at Gainsford End. My father also had a sister Irene and an older brother Cecil William who was born in 1903.
My Walk From Mandalay Farm to Center of Great Bardfield
I was stationed at RAF Wethersfield from 1961 to 1964 and often on Sundays I would ride with the Gilbey's in their horse-drawn coaches down the lanes and through Great Bardfield. I also met Ted and Dorothy from Mandalay Farm and their children (Donna, her younger sister, and two brothers). We often would walk to Great Bardfield.
It was an exciting time in the life of a young airman.
