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Danbury maps
Historic maps of Danbury and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Danbury maps
Historic map of Danbury
Illustrated Victorian map of Essex
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Danbury books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Danbury and the local area. View all Danbury books
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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4 Danbury photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Danbury
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I remember the Griffin Hotel as the Griffin PH, when as a student nurse I visited it with my elderly grandmother Minnie Grainge on days away from London. She was so proud to be escorted by her eldest granddaughter and as a local woman whose family had come from Woodham Walter was acknowleged by so many as she walked through the... [more]
Shared on 07 February 2008
Essex memories
From 1961 to 1967 I attended Woodlands School in Oaklands Way, off Postmans Lane, Little Baddow. It was a tiny girls school run single handedly by the late Dorothy Bromley, the classrooms being two white wooden sheds in the garden. There was no playground but there was a grass tennis court that we the pupils had to maintain.
There... [more]
Shared on 02 February 2009
Elijah Mecklenburgh of the Old Rodney Pleasure Grounds
Not a memory, but a mention of my ancestor great great great uncle Elijah Mecklenburgh, born 1837 at Bradfield and died 1913 in Maldon. All I know about him was that he lived at Ravens Farmhouse in Woodham Walter in 1871, and that he had connections to the Old Rodney Pleasure grounds. I have no idea what the... [more]
Shared on 26 August 2008
Another ghostly experience on Grace's Walk
The year is approximate as I was in my teens, so it was somewhere between 1972 and 1974. I had a horse called Shamrock, that I kept in Sandon and I used to ride him through Danbury and Little Baddow all the time. I went down Grace's Walk one day, from the Little Baddow end, alone with the horse, and when... [more]
Shared on 18 July 2008
Extracts From Danbury & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Danbury, inspired by Frith photos.
Chelmsford Photographic Memories
Although not the highest point in Essex, Danbury certainly commands an impressive position. Drivers of vehicles such as the gig in the foreground, not only had the gradient to contend with, but also the uneven road surface. It would certainly have been a challenge for the early cycle clubs who met here in the late 19th century.
This is an extract from Chelmsford Photographic Memories.
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Danbury is situated on the main road between Chelmsford and Maldon. Danbury Hill is the second highest point in Essex, and the old village spreads downhill from this point. Sir Walter Scott mentioned the 16th-century Griffin Inn, which still stands, in his 'Waverley' novels.
This is an extract from Essex Pocket Album.
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Chelmsford Photographic Memories
Danbury sits at the top of a long uphill haul on the road from Chelmsford to Maldon. Before the Navigation was opened, this was the main thoroughfare between the two towns. The low wall on the extreme left had been a pound - an overnight stopping-point for animals being driven to Chelmsford's livestock market.
This is an extract from Chelmsford Photographic Memories.
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