A reminder to members that our AGM will be held on Thursday 3 April, 8pm, at Toot Hill Village Hall. Followed by a film '1953' and cheese and wine. Not to be missed!
Welcome to the blog of the High Country History Group covering the parishes of Greensted, Stanford Rivers, Stapleford Tawney and Theydon Mount in Essex, England. We meet most fourth Thursdays in the month at Toot Hill Village Hall from 8.00pm.
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)
Monday, 31 March 2014
Thursday, 13 March 2014
An Evening With Dickens: Stapleford Tawney Church: Friday 21 March 2014
PARISH of STAPLEFORD TAWNEY with
THEYDON MOUNT
Friday 21st
March, 7.00 for 7.30pm
Stapleford
Tawney Church
Tawney Lane
RM4 1DQ
AN EVENING WITH DICKENS
Presented by
NICK DOBSON
Charles Dickens is one of our best-known
writers. In his epic stories he created some of the world's most
vivid fictional characters.
Get in the
mood by dressing as one of his characters – a prize for the best! Or just come along and enjoy the evening.
Ticket includes glass of wine and refreshments
Raffle
Tickets
£10.00
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Journal No 51 (March 2014)
The 40 page quarterly magazine is now available to members of the High Country History Group. Two new series commence in our second 50 of Journals: palaeography, and extracts from the Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society (now Essex Society for Archaeology and History Items include
- Coopersale House, Theydon Garnon - an enigma
- Transportation reprived (of Samuel James of Theydon Garnon, 1797)
- Boxing Match at Ongar
- Greensted Church and James Barlow, an historical record of his life
- Mad Dog
- Palaeography
-- (i) Introduction
-- (ii) Vagrants' Certificate from Stanford Rivers, 1598
-- Place Names Quiz
- Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society
-- Greenstead Church, by Henry Laver F.S.A.
- A View of Stanford Rivers 1866. A visit to Issac Taylor
- Obituary. Sir Richard Smijth, Rector of Stapleford Tawney with Theydon Mount, 1837
- Farming in Stapleford Tawney 1902
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