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Great Notley maps

Historic maps of Great Notley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Great Notley maps

Great Notley map

Historic map of Great Notley

Essex map

Illustrated Victorian map of Essex

Great Notley map

Historic Map of any Great Notley postcode

Great Notley maps
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Great Notley photos

We have no photos of Great Notley, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Rayne, Black Notley, Braintree, Little Leighs, Panfield, Cressing, Bocking, White Notley, Felsted, Great Saling, Terling, Stisted, Shalford, Little Dunmow, Little Waltham

Great Notley books

Displaying 3 of 15 books about Great Notley and the local area.   View all Great Notley books

Harlow Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Great Notley books
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Memories of Great Notley

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Essex memories

Rayne in 1950/1960

I was born in Rayne and in the 1950s.I have fond memories of being able to play various sports in the road at School Road with my brother Peter and friend Richard Dodd, gaining a few more players as word got around! We used to mark the Tennis Court on the road with chalk and played many games, sometimes having to... [more]

Shared on 03 November 2009 by Hugh Walker.

My early years

I lived in Cressing Road, went to Chapel Hill Primary School and then to Braintree County High School. I left there in 1952 when my father was transferred by Crittall Metal Windows, to Dunedin, New Zealand. I remember the 750th Anniversary celebrations in 1949 and had always said I would like to return for the 800th Anniversary, but I couldn't make... [more]

Shared on 07 July 2009 by Paul Smith.

Braintree County High School

I own a picture of the students of BCHS taken in 1947.  Such a view has many many names and connections. There is the headmaster Dr. Cordingly [he of the famous stick]. Here is the vicar Hartley Brook's daughter. My old girl friend Shirley, and members of my class including Billy Cranfield, Ron Whittaker, David Woodward, Valerie O'Neill and a crowd... [more]

Shared on 15 September 2006 by Malcolm Stewart-Morris.

Mill House Felsted

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 by Barbara Bryant.

Extracts From Great Notley & Essex books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Great Notley, inspired by Frith photos.

Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album

Formerly Bennitts Hill, One Tree Hill was named after the large ash that stood here until the First World War (when it blew down in a gale). It had once proved a useful landmark for shipping on the Thames. In 1926, a mineral well was discovered in Martinhole Wood, just below the hill.

This is an extract from Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album.
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Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album

Crown Hill was the setting for an unusual wager in 1936: a Grays confectioner was bet that he could not cycle backwards up the 1-in-7 road. He did it—twice—even though his challenger failed to show up. The Crown is a 200-year-old pub that once hosted 'smoking concerts'. The plasterwork crown above the entrance is dated 1874.

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Basildon Living Memories Pocket Album

One Tree Hill and Westley Heights were together designated Langdon Hills Country Park in 1973. The County Council had been buying parcels of land in this area since the 1930s, in an attempt to preserve the native trees. Whitebeam, Turkey oak, beech, poplar, sycamore and alder abound here.

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