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)
Sunday, 30 August 2015
Essex Industrial Heritage Fair. Braintree Museum. Saturday 10 October 2015
ESAH160: Essex Industrial Heritage Fair. Braintree Museum. ...: Final details of this special event are now available. This promises to be an interesting day. Follow this link
Saturday, 22 August 2015
Monday, 3 August 2015
Journal No. 56 (June 2015)
The quarterly Journal of the High Country History Group was issued recently to members. Contents this time:
- Ongar's First War Memorial
- Stanford Rivers Vestry Minutes - 2nd October 1817
- Christmas in the Trenches
- Royal Visit to Greensted Church
- Rector in Court Scene
- Theydon Mount Constable
- Insolvent Debtor
- The Petre's of Stanford Rivers
- Leverton Charities, Waltham Abbey. A manuscript volume in private hands
- Theydon Mount Wills: Family Connections using Wills preserved during the reign of James I (1603-1625)
- The 1831 Census for Stapleford Tawney
- Vestry Order Book for Stapleford Tawney (commenced 1824)
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