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Historic maps of Elmstead and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Elmstead maps
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Elmstead books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Elmstead and the local area. View all Elmstead 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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Memories of Elmstead
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The Bowling Green, Elmstead Market
My great grandfather William Henry Parkins ran The Bowling Green from the 1920s until his death in 1953. I am aware that the Pub has now closed and the last time I visited (6-7 years ago) it was being converted into a private home. I would like to hear from anyone who remembers my great grandfather or any other... [more]
Shared on 06 July 2009
Essex memories
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
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
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
Extracts From Elmstead & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Elmstead, inspired by Frith photos.
The inn is now closed; at one time there was a bowling green nearby from which it may have taken its name. Outside stands an AA patrol van. The house on the right is now described as Maltravers, '18th-century restaurant'. Beth Chatto's well-known garden can be found on the edge of the village.
This is an extract from Essex Living Memories.
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Colchester Photographic Memories
Colchester was also visited by the Roman Emperor himself, who considered the capture of this capital vital to the success of the conquest from AD43 onwards. The next appearance on the chart of British history was less happy. Boudicca, or, as she used to be known, 'Boadicea', queen of the Iceni and daughter of King Prasutagus, ruled much of what is now East Anglia and rose in revolt after being... [more]
This is an extract from Colchester Photographic Memories.
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Colchester Photographic Memories
The roof and floors had been removed when the upper two storeys of the keep were demolished after 1683. This view can no longer be seen, as a new roof and floors were installed in 1932, owing to water damage to the Roman vaulted basements.
This is an extract from Colchester Photographic Memories.
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