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Little Baddow, Grace's Walk 1906
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This point - where Grace's Walk crosses Sandon Brook - has a ghost story attached to it: Lady Alice Mildmay (d1615), child-bride of Sir Henry, supposedly drowned herself in a pond here after he was unkind to her. It is likely the tale was invented - or at least embellished - by Jesse Berridge, who was rector of Little Baddow from 1915 to 1947. He used it as the basis for a novel entitled 'Gracy's Walk'.

An extract from Chelmsford Photographic Memories.

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Memories of Little Baddow, Grace's Walk 1906

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Little Baddow, Grace's Walk 1906

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Little Baddow, From 1948 To 1966
Hi there folks, Just a little bit of memory, when I was a very young lad of one year old, we moved to Little Baddow from London, to Tofts Farm, there we stayed until 1966, developing the business, to include Tofts Country Club, maybe you were a member. I also remember Mr & Mrs Bromley, Woodlands School, we sometimes all played tennis at our place, not too far to walk, I can remember ...see more
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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 we were about level with the house, my horse suddenly froze and snorted. He was ...see more
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Growing Up 1950s
During the late 1950s my parents moved to live on Bremner's Farm - an apple farm at that time, in Little Baddow. On getting my first bicycle - a black, woman's bike, I use to cycle all over this area - Riffam's lane, Graces Walk and around Coleman's lane. My brother married a girl from Coleman's lane. I spent many happy hours wandering through the dense woodland between Bremner's Farm and uptowards Great Baddow/Danbury.
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Midnight Ghost Hunt
I was born in Little Baddow and was familiar with the story of Alice Mildmay and Jesse Berridge's book. One summer night three of us rode ponies down Riffhams Chase to Great Graces and down Grace's Walk, arriving at midnight. We crossed the bridge (the one in the photo) and all I can remember after that is that all three ponies turned and galloped back up towards the house. We returned home up Colam Lane, ...see more
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Added 10 June 2006

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