Programme

Our 2023 programme: 23 Feb: '1926' - our speaker is our Chairman, Martyn Lockwood. 23 Mar: Annual General Meeting. 27 Apr: 'John Ray' - Jennifer Rowland. 25 May: Napoleonic Invasion Plans - Neil Wiffen. 22 Jun: 'Jersey under the Jackboot: the occupation of Jersey during WW2' - Patrick Griggs. 27 Jul: 'The Life and Times of William Byrd (c1540-1623): A Local History' - Andrew Smith. 26 Oct: 'The Prison at Hill Hall' - Anne Padfield. 23 Nov: Pre-Christmas meeting. Talk to be confirmed. Admission: Members £1, Non-members £5 Annual Membership: £15 (Family: £30)

Tuesday 26 May 2015

Next Meeting, 28 May 2015

We are in an unusual situation where the last Monday in May – Bank Holiday Monday – is before the fourth Thursday in May.  Our meeting will be on Thursday 28 May, 8pm, Toot Hill Village Hall, when Nick Dobson, who gave a talk ‘Christmas in The Trenches’ last year, makes a welcome return.  His topic this time will be ‘An Underground Guide to Literary London’. 


We also have some books for sale this time for you to peruse over tea and biscuits.

Saturday 9 May 2015

Journal No. 55 (March 2015)

The High Country History Group (established 1999) produces a quarterly Journal for its members.  The latest edition contains the following items:
- Law and Order
- Benefactors to the Poor of Stapleford Tawney
- Fire at the Blue Boar, Abridge
- Theydon Mount Wills during the reign of King James I (1603 - 1625)
- Essex Quarter Sessions Order Book (1652 - 1661)
- What the Papers Say (1945 - 1955)
- Memories of Theydon Mount
- Tragedy at Theydon Bois 1940
- The Essex Great War Archive Project
- Notable Anniversaries in 2015

ESAH160: Essex Record Office Wills Online

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