You are here:
Fairstead
Fairstead maps
Historic maps of Fairstead and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Fairstead maps
Fairstead photos
We have no photos of Fairstead, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Terling| White Notley| Great Leighs| Black Notley| Cressing| Little Waltham| Witham| Braintree| Hatfield Peverel| Rayne| Great Waltham| Felsted| Bocking| Baddow| Panfield| Stisted| Springfield| Wickham Bishops| Little Baddow| Great Braxted| Great Saling| Little Dunmow| Langford| Woodham Walter| Coggeshall| Stebbing
Fairstead area books
Displaying 1 of 18 books about Fairstead and the local area. View all books for this area
You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Fairstead
No memories of Fairstead have been shared yet - be the first!
Add your memory of Fairstead
or of a photo of Fairstead.
Essex memories
First World War Memories of Girls Working on The Land
I have a small book of the memories of my mother and aunt who worked on Lord Rayleigh's farm during the First World War. Does anyone else have relatives who worked there? Would anyone like to read these? I would love to have a photo of the farm. Mary
Cressing - The Street
This picture must have been taken when the former 'Peculiar People' chapel visible on the right of the photograph (one of the few buildings then on that side) was built. It has just celebrated its centenary. Now 'Cressing Evangelical Church' it was opened in August 1909, and is very much still in use for regular worship. I live nearby, in Braintree, and my late father came as Pastor there in 1968. If you know or knew the village, you may have come across him - John Pierson.
If you are interested further please contact me on "marktpierson@hotmail.com".
God bless!
The Peculiar People's Chapel
Mark Pierson (hello Mark - we know each other) suggests the Peculiar People's chapel was in the Street - but it was definitely situated at Hawbush Green, at least during my early childhood in the Fifties. I distinctly remember hearing services held there as the congregation sang with gusto and without the benefit of any accompaniment - it was round the corner from where I used to live. By the way "Peculiar" in the title means "set apart" not "odd"! The chapel sadly closed soon after that but the Evangelical Church filled the gap. I remember Mark's father John very well, though I was no longer living in the village by that time - he became a good friend.
LITTLE WALTHAM
I lived three miles from Little Waltham from 1956 till I moved out about 1965. I lived in a cottage near Domsey Lane and we had no buses, only to the village, so when we went out to Chelmsford we had to catch the last bus to the village and then we had a three mile walk in the dark to get home and it was scary as there were no lights. When I moved out, my mother moved down to the village to live. My memories of the village are Amos the bakers, he used to deliver lovely bread and cakes to us. The surgery with Dr Bassett,and the little wooden shop run by the sisters. I think they were called the Phylls.They used to sell sweets and general stores. Also the butchers at the top of the street. There was also a man who had a huge Great Dane, near us. I was scared of it. I loved the footpath that went to the church where horses were... Read more
Ennos Ancestors
Hi,
I have been researching my wife's family history. She was an Ennos, and I have found that there were a number of families with the name Ennos in Little Waltham during the 1800's. Are any of them still around? I'd love to make contact.
Ancestors were Ernest Ennos, William Ennos, James Ennos.
Thanks
John
Little Waltham
I used to live in Little Waltham when I was eight until 19. We lived in a thatched cottage without electric, and no central heating, only an open fire and kitchen range. The windows used have patterns on them in the winter. In 1962 it was a bad winter, we had to dig the snow so the grocery van could get through as we lived about three miles from the village and bus route. We had to walk so we could go into town, also we had to walk more than a mile to get the bus to school. Eventually my mother and father moved into the village, I also until I left home at nineteen. There was a long footpath where they kept a couple of horses I was frightened to go through, there was a large wolfhound there as well.
Witham Times
I believe that my Grandfather, Arthur Arnold, was the editor of the Witham Times before and during the second world war and lived in Silver End with his wife Molly, sons Frank and Peter and daughter Elizabeth (Betty). I would appreciate any information that would confirm or deny this well worn family history.
