Great Dunmow, Essex
Great Dunmow photos
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Great Dunmow maps
Historic maps of Great Dunmow and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Great Dunmow maps
Great Dunmow books
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26 Great Dunmow photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Great Dunmow
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My grandfather Cecil Welch, who was the local estate agent and auctioneer based at the Old Town Hall in the High Street, bought several old cottages next to the blacksmiths in Church End for his son John and wife Peggy, at the vast cost of £600. She came from Wiltshire and changed the name from Jackman's to Longleat. They had been... [more]
Shared on 17 September 2009
Living at 5 New St Great Dunmow
I lived at this address from when I was about 11 years old, my mother (Charlotte (Lottie) married Charlie Childs around that time, he was the village baker and I have wonderful memories of him teaching me the business, and also eating his wonderful bread, especially the 'Huffers', a kind of roll, and of course the cottage loaves. After Charlie died... [more]
Shared on 03 February 2009
Essex memories
Childhood memories of my Granny
My grandmother, Ellen Crow lived next to the Lindsell shop in the village. During the summer holidays Mum and I would go on the 12 o'clock bus from Chelmsford to visit her. I had many relatives in the village and surrounding area. Granny had 13 children. I was the youngest grandchild. I have such fond memories of the village. I visited... [more]
Shared on 14 June 2007
My childhood years in Stebbing
My Grandparents, Harry and Hannah Young lived in the first cottage on the left as you enter the village. I spent most of my school holidays there with them and my Mother and I were evacuated to live with them during W.W.2 for a period of time. I attended Stebbing school for about 3 weeks, then was moved from there to... [more]
Shared on 22 April 2007
Does anyone remember Jack and Barbara Mahon who lived at Mill House, and had a small pig farm for a very short time, c 1934 to 1936?
Shared on 16 April 2009
I was born & bred in Felsted, living in the area until 1965 when I emigrated to New Zealand. These photographs of Felsted Mill remind me of the many hours spent on the wall below the water wheel race, fishing for roach and chub, and walking our girlfriends down by the river. The Felsted school with church in background, reminds me... [more]
Shared on 14 April 2009
In the 1891 and 1901 one of my ancestors, George Mott, was a miller at Felstead Mill. He had 3 daughters and 1 son. His wife Althea died in 1898. Perhaps she played the piano, and is the ghost!! George later married Naomi Boreham, who had been a cook at the mill.
Shared on 30 January 2009
My father bought the mill in the 1960s and we moved in 1976 to South Africa. During the years living at the mill we all have plenty of memories spent living there. The most memorable was the first time we encounted the ghost of the mill. My mother called my two brothers and sister and myself into the hallway and demanded... [more]
Shared on 28 June 2008
Extracts From Great Dunmow & Essex books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Great Dunmow, inspired by Frith photos.
The Saracen's Head—on the right of this picture—was a famous coaching inn at Great Dunmow, a town associated since 1949 with the Dunmow Flitch ceremony.This had originated at Little Dunmow in 1140 and fallen into neglect in 1751. Every four years a side of bacon (a flitch) is presented to a married couple who can prove that they have not regretted their marriage a year and a... [more]
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Dunmow, Thaxted and Finchingfield Photographic Memories
Barclay`s acquired an extra storey.
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Dunmow, Thaxted and Finchingfield Photographic Memories
Originally built in the 1570s, the Town Hall has been renovated several times. The bell in the turret used to double as market-bell and fire-bell. When the Flitch ceremony was resurrected in the 19th century, the claimants underwent their mock trials in the Town Hall; and it was where the Dunmow Corporation met until being abolished in 1888.
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