Little Waltham, Essex

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... [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 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... [more]

Essex Living Memories

This pretty village has changed little over the years, apart from an increase in traffic - here the Bell Hotel claims to have a large car park. The house behind the large tree, now felled, has attractive pargeting and dates from the 17th century.

Chelmsford Photographic Memories

We are standing on Winckford Bridge across the Chelmer - described by Peter Muilman in his 1769 'History of Essex' as “a handsome bridge built of wood, painted.” Today, this scene is much as it was in 1965 - except that the production of 'Oklahoma!' has long since finished. Unlike 'The Mousetrap', it has not run and run.

Chelmsford Photographic Memories

The building with the cupola was Chelmsford’s first purpose-built police station (erected in 1907), so the policeman in the picture was not far from home. His successors would stand in this same spot on points-duty. Note the car with its wheel- covers - a feature that was not phased out until the late 1920s.