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Stanstead Abbotts, The River Lee Navigation 1929
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The network of canals developed mainly in the 18th century before the arrival of the railway. The complex of rivers and canals at Stanstead St Margarets and Stanstead Abbots bring together the Lea, the New River, Stanstead Mill Stream and, slightly further to the south, the River Stort. It has been a source of confusion to visitors that the river is called the Lea, whilst the Navigation is called the Lee! No one seems to know the reason for the difference.

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A Selection of Memories from Stanstead Abbotts

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. Here are some from Stanstead Abbotts

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The Baker In The High Street Roughly Opposite Anderson's Ironmongers.
Can anybody remember the name of the Baker in the High Street. I can remember him doing his weekly afternoon delivery round to our house being Wingate Cottage behind Bonningtons. I have never tasted bread as good as his ever again. Whilst on the subject of locally sourced food product :- what about E.T.Hall & Sons, the Butcher in the High ...see more
Stanstead Abbotts, view from Cats Hill c1960
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Added 21 November 2021

Playing In The Woods
My Mum grew up and stayed in Stanstead Abbotts. We lived in a house in Thele Avenue. We often walked up Cats Hill with our Dad and played in the woods. Quite a beautiful place to grow up.
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Double White Lines
Between July 1966 and December 1970 I was one of the two policemen living in Stanstead. By the time I moved to the village, double white lines had been painted all the way up Cats Hill. I reported a number of car drivers who took a chance and overtook slow moving lorries going up the hill, sometimes narrowly avoiding a collision with a car which was approaching over the brow of the hill. It was a ...see more
Stanstead Abbotts, view from Cats Hill c1960
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Skipp Hitch
myself and ray and dave blakes were standing by st andrews church when the st trian coach came by the girls were waving their hockey sticks through the window i beleive it was shown in the film
Stanstead Abbotts, Easneye Drive c1960
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