Great Parndon
Great Parndon maps (2 available)
Map of Essex
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Great Parndon books (17 available)
Braintree Town and City Memories
Hardback
Braintree Town and City Memories
Paperback
Chigwell Photographic Memories
Paperback
Great Parndon memories
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Parndon Hall School
I'm not sure of the exact date in the 1950s, but guessing around 1954. I attended school at Parndon Hall when I was about 10 or 11 for two or three years. I have a photo of the house at that time. There was a paddock in front with horses we rode and I remember collecting stone arrow heads on the property. I haven't been back to Essex since 1961 when I emigrated to the USA.
Contributed by Christine Warnecke
Don's Essex UK
GGGGreat Grand Father (John Pigman baptized there Aug. 26th. 1661) Tks. Donald S. Pigman
Contributed by Donald S. Pigman
Essex memories
Parndon Hall School
I'm not sure of the exact date in the 1950s, but guessing around 1954. I attended school at Parndon Hall when I was about 10 or 11 for two or three years. I have a photo of the house at that time. There was a paddock in front with horses we rode and I remember collecting stone arrow heads on the property. I haven't been back to Essex since 1961 when I emigrated to the USA.
A memory of Great Parndon contributed by Christine Warnecke
Don's Essex UK
GGGGreat Grand Father (John Pigman baptized there Aug. 26th. 1661) Tks. Donald S. Pigman
A memory of Great Parndon contributed by Donald S. Pigman
Extracts From Great Parndon & Essex books
St Andrews Church is thought to be the oldest church in Harlow. King Harold was the founder of Waltham Abbey. He presented the manor of Netteswell to Waltham, and the people of the parish had to supply the abbey with the equivalent of seven weeks’ and two days’ food every year.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".
The River Stort, with the Town Park along its banks, has become a beautiful and popular venue for the people of Harlow, Old and New.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".
Families with small children could always come to one of the many paddling pools in the area. The pool setting is designed so that a whole day could be spent there, with grassy banks for having a picnic and open spaces in which to run about.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".
Harlow swimming pool is in the Town Park. The site is quite near the part of the River Stort that had been used for swimming lessons and galas by local schools for at least one hundred years.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".
The greater part of the land needed for Harlow New Town was owned by Godfrey Arkwright, and he sold it to the Development Corporation in 1953. His home, Parndon Hall, was demolished to make way for The Princess Alexandra Hospital.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".