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LOCAL HISTORY RECORDERS |
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The Uttlesford Local History Recorders (ULHR) scheme has 38 Recorders covering 45 parishes, of which Great Chesterford is one. Since 2002 I have been Local History Recorder for Great Chesterford, and I am now busy compiling a computer catalogue of local history archives and artefacts in the village, to be known as the Great Chesterford Local History Collection. Pictures on this site are examples of Roman artefacts found in Great Chesterford and now kept in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. |
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The
aim of LH Recorders also encompasses recording the present, i.e.
collecting documents and artefacts, taking photographs of events and
changes, and preserving oral history (it is valuable to write down
or record your memories of village life, and deposit scripts or
tapes in ERO Sound Archive). Other tasks can include answering
queries, transcribing documents, holding exhibitions and sending an
annual village report to the Essex Record Office. With the ULHR
archival scanner, I can copy photographs and documents up to A3
size, and with a digital camera transfer photographs to
archival-quality CDs. I would be most grateful to briefly borrow
historical documents, photographs or slides, etc in order to
photograph, photocopy or scan them for the collection and perhaps
build up to an exhibition. Please get in touch if you would like to know more, or if you have any material that could be copied for the local collection, or if you would like to help with recording….
Please contact Kate McManus
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LIST OF ITEMS HELD BY THE VILLAGE RECORDER |
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2)
Three
photographs
4) a) Reminiscences of a Chesterford Choir Boy by Stacey
George Dyer 1956
5) a) A programme,
Marshal’s rosette and details of Jubilee celebrations 1977 6) Copy of a pen and ink sketch of Carmen Street in 1978 7) Kelly’s Directory of Essex, Herts & Cambs in 1902
8) Two brass nameplates
from the old surgery ( now Southacre Cottage). 9) History of Great Chesterford, written by Brian Head, aged 12, at the Perse School, Cambridge in 1981.
10) a) Invitation to
‘Welcome Home & Tea’ July 1919. (Celebration of return of servicemen).
11) a) Three photographs
of Living Whist 1948 c) Postcard of Carmel St (undated) d) Photograph of Duxford Football Team (possibly?). Approx. 1936. Some Chesterford players included e) School photograph f) Group photo in fancy dress (including Bert Lightning) 12) Eighteen photographs of the Vicarage garden party (approx. 1955), attended by the Bishop 13) a) Copy of Inclosure Award 1804 b) Copy of Parish map after Inclosure, Great Chesterford Parish Council 14) Ninety eight editions of ‘The Times of the Chesterfords’ 15) Four albums of photographs of the 1977 Jubilee Celebrations, Gt Chesterford Parish Council 16) Photograph of Chesterford Stores (formerly Thurgoods) during restoration in 1983 17) Nineteen photographs of Gt Chesterford taken in 1987 by EC Price 18) Photograph of Gt Chesterford Football Club 1928 ( list of names attached) 19) Two photographs of the Recreation Ground (one when flooded in 1987) 20) Copy of Newmarket & Chesterford railway timetable August 1848 21) Forty three photographs of the 1977 Jubilee Celebrations on 23 cards 22) Great Chesterford, the People, 1600-1800 by M Deacon, Great Chesterford Association 23) Eight copies of old postcards with views of Gt & Lt Chesterford – originals with Rufus Barnes 24) A family album of the Pilgrims ( condition deteriorating – damage to spine noted 24/8.02) 25) a) Sales publicity for the Station building November 1989 b) Extract from Railway Magazine Nov 1985 c) Copy of assorted postmarks 26) a) Two copies of postcards, one of Gt Chesterford, one of Lt Chesterford b) Photocopy of an article on the Dark Ages 27) Photocopy of notes from Miss Deacon concerning various stones etc. in the village 28) Copy of the tree planting plan on the Recreation Ground 29) Records of Gt Chesterford Youth Club 30) British Legion Minutes Book 1928-1947 31) Copy of Infant School photo plus names 1921 32) Copies of ten postcards with the corresponding backs of five ( other five blank) 33) Copy of postcard of Chesterford Stores (Thurgoods) 1911 34) Photographic copy of the descent of the Lordship of the Manor of Great Chesterford 35) The Wellspring Church at Great Chesterford Congregational Church 1841-1991 (a celebration of 150 years of Christian worship). 36) a) Two books of minutes of the Royal British Legion (Women’s Section) 1975-78 b) One Contribution Register 1964-1977 37) a) Youth Club Minutes Book 1981-84 b) Village Ventures – competition certificate 1982 38) Original film and sound plus video of 1977 Silver Jubilee, Great Chesterford Parish Council 39) 1948 Poppy Day Report 40) Postcard of Carmen Street 41) Agriculture Certificate awarded to Mrs Dyer 1917 42) Large photograph of interior of Great Chesterford Church 43) Five photographs:- a) cottage on site of Village Hall b) three photographs of The Old Bakehouse Carmel Street c) photograph of Carmel Street 44) Framed photograph of Great Chesterford Bowls Club 1923 45) Framed St John Ambulance Association Certificate ( Harry Swinfen November 1902) 46) Report and inventory for Stansted Airport Inquiry March 1982 47) News sheet for Chesterford Magna Cum Parva, February 1969 by Rev.Walter Ellis 48) Revised list of buildings of special interest in Great Chesterford April 1981 49) Twenty one magazines and twenty eight copies of the Wellspring Church Weekly Newsletter 50) a) Photocopy of Inclosure Award 1804 b) Photocopy of Parish map after Inclosure, Great Chesterford Parish Council 51) Great Chesterford Church and Village – booklet 52) Copy of the National Fire Brigades’ Union Drill Book 1902 53) Collection of papers and documents as follows:- 1. General letter to all in Great Chesterford from the Vicar (John Stewart) after the Little Chesterford fire. Dated 14th April 1914 2. Service of dedication of the windows in the Church by the Bishop on 15th February 1917 (donated in memory of Kate Stewart) 3. Record of JP Smith’s service in the Volunteer Force 21.1.17 to 30.10.19, and a copy of the general letter sent by King George V to the Lord Lieutenant 4. Two copies of the order of service at the dedication of the War Memorial Cross on November 14th 1920 5. Certificate of competence issued to JP Smith to permit him to act as an air raid warden. Dated 5th April 1939 6. Two poems by Constance Scott (one dated 1945 on the back) 7. Extract from the Church Magazine for the Rural Deanery of Saffron Walden for November 1945 with an obituary for Mr Arthur Denny 8. Extract from the Church Magazine for the Rural Deanery of Saffron Walden for June 1947 with an obituary for Mrs Emily Denny 9. List of the Rectors and Vicars of Great Chesterford from 1321 to 1747, and of Great and Little Chesterford from 1776 to 1953 10. Programme for the Coronation celebrations 2nd June 1953 11. Order of service for the laying up of the old and the dedication of the new standard of the Great and Little Chesterford branch of the British Legion 12. Voting slip for Parish and RDC elections on May 9th 1955 13. Certificate recording the retirement of JP Smith from the Post Office in 1962 14. Details of the sale by auction of Bryn-Mere (The Old Post Office) South St on Tuesday 22nd August1972 15. Copy of The Times of the Chesterfords for October 1973 containing the reminiscences of Emily Smith 16. Souvenir edition of The Times of the Chesterfords for the Silver Jubilee Celebrations 6-7th June 1977 17. Cover of The Times of the Chesterfords for August 1977 with a view of ‘Chestnuts’, High St (formerly a shop owned by Cecily Smith’s aunt and uncle) in the background 18. Photograph of Robert Doble, Vicar of Great and Little Chesterford 19. Two old photographs, one of the Charrington’s dray in a procession, the other of the milkman with his horse and cart
54) Twelve old photographs as follows:- 55) Part of the Deed of Transfer of lands in Little Chesterford from John Kent and
others to RF King, 56)
These items returned to Mrs Angell of Hinxton by Ken Kilford
on 30/4/96 – she
reclaimed the articles as 57) Programme for the Great Chesterford Carnival 1st July 1995
58)
Copy of ‘Hello’ magazine dated 16th Sept 1995
containing and article about the De Bruyne family (new
59)
25 photographs of Great Chesterford taken in 1998 (matching
those where possible taken by
60)
a) Extract from Kelly’s Directory 1914 (Gt & Lt Chesterford) 61) Notes on the history of the Chesterford Cup presented to the men of the Chesterford Fire Brigade May 1944 62)
Video of the village film taken from Gilbert Stephenson’s
original 8mm silent movie with voice over by
63)
Resume of talk given by Ian Deatker at the final AGM of The
Chesterford Association in November 1995, 64) Seven photos of flash floods in August 1999 taken by Mrs E Buckley
65)
Eight photos of Carnival Procession etc.,June 2000 – part of
the Millennium Celebrations taken by 66) Copy of the Harvest 2000 Programme from All Saints Church Great Chesterford, September 2000 67) Copy of the Great Chesterford Village Photograph taken January 2000 to commemorate the Millennium
68)
Photograph showing the Recreation Ground and the new
Community Centre flooded in October 2001 69) O.S. map of the development at Chesterford Park by Schering/Agrevo/Aventis as it stood in 2001 when sold to Norwich Union for further development as a Research Park 70) Ringbinders of local newspaper articles 2002 to the present day (see also cat.no.74) 71)
Pack of assorted photographs, programmes, fliers, newspaper
coverage etc.of Carnival QE 2002 held to
72)
a) Boxed commemorative Jubilee mug, presented to every child
at the Willows Street Party 2nd June 2002 73) Three photographs of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations 2nd June 2002 taken by Mrs F Moore 74) Ringbinder of local newspaper articles 1989-1997 ( see also cat.no.70) 75) Photographs taken in Great Chesterford September 2002 showing Horse River Green and some new houses built since the Millennium 76) Letter requesting funds for the Restoration and Patronal Festival Appeal for All Saints Church 1978 77) Exercise book filled with newspaper cuttings about Saffron Walden c.1950. Name John Roberts stamped on inside of back cover 78) Photographs of the Great Chesterford Steam-Up 5 October 2002 79) Chesterfords Village Appraisal - results January 2000, Chesterford Parish Council 80) Chesterford Broadsheet Supplement 2002 – list of organisations and clubs in Gt & Lt Chesterford 81) Four photographs of the High St/Rose Lane Jubilee Garden Party, taken and donated by Ian Deatker 82) The Noisy Flyer – newspaper supplement against the expansion of Stansted Airport. Free. 2003 83) Lifeline Romania with Chesterfords Aid – various literature 84) Little Un’s Story: recollections of a wartime childhood 1937-1952, by Derek Plumb 85) Photocopy of an article published in the Saffron Walden Weekly News over twenty years ago c.1980, by Pam Croome which mentions the Chesterford Stone being cemented into the side of a house. This house is Brock House and the stone, or piece of the stone can be clearly seen from Manor Lane. Another piece of the stone may have been used in the foundations of The Maltings School St. The article also gives an indication as to the stone’s significance and history 86) Catalogue and flier advertising an Auction of Promises held on Saturday 5th July 2003 at Great Chesterford Community Centre by the Friends of Great Chesterford School to raise money towards building extra classroom space – results are published in the Chesterford Broadsheet 87) Uttlesford Recorder Scheme – letters, reports, constitution, notes for Recorders 88) Chesterford Broadsheet – No 40 Oct 1988 – current 89) Farmers’ Market – folder of fliers from local producers at the market held in the Community Centre every 2nd Saturday of the month. Started July 2003 90) Local bus and train timetables – Stagecoach abandoned the 102 bus route between Cambridge and Saffron Walden via Great Chesterford in the summer of 2003. The route has been taken over by Whippet Coaches 91) Chesterford & District Gardening Society – folder of fliers, flower show schedules etc. with special reference to the 30th anniversary celebrations in 2004 with photographs 92) Workers Educational Association – Ickleton & Chesterfords Branch. Folder of information with special reference to the 30th anniversary Sept 2003 – includes a copy of the speech made by Elizabeth Marshall recollecting the early years of the Association in the village 93) The Chesterfords Pre-School – leaflet of information for parents – summer 2003 94) The Great Chesterford village sign - erected on the Green – June 2003. Folder of photographs, information, opinions etc.
95)
Video of ‘Coming Home., recorded off Anglia TV at 5.45pm on
Sunday 7th September 2003 ( 11 minutes duration).
96)
Eighteen photographs taken of the Steam Up at Great
Chesterford held on Saturday 4th October 2003. 97) Photograph of two Jubilee Commemorative Plaques fixed to the outside wall of the School Hall. The top one commemorates the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935; the bottom one the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002 taken by Kate McManus 98) Ten photographs of Great Chesterford in the snow – taken on 5th February 2003 after the M11 was blocked overnight ( see newspaper cuttings in Scrapbook ) , taken by Kate McManus
99)
Great Chesterford Millennium Mug – white pottery with
transfer print of the Church and the words Great
100) Leaflet advertising the Chesterfords’ Acupuncture Clinic,
held at the Old Vicarage Church St, and 101) Colour postcard of All Saints Church, Great Chesterford
102) Photos the ‘Medics Bike Ride’ which started at the
Plough in Great Chesterford 103) Folder
on the Rural Housing Trust including a copy of their newssheet
‘Village Homes’
information sheet; 104) Leaflet advertising reflexology services, run by Irena Willmott 105)
Photograph of the Millennium Embroidery. Displayedl in the Community
Centre. Each scene depicts a 106) Pack of
photographs, fliers etc. including the official programme
of Midsummer Madness Carnival 2004 107)
Programme for the Great and Little Chesterford Open Gardens 26th
June 2004. 108)
Computer printout of the Great Chesterford milestone on the B1383
giving the distances between Great 109)
Fifteen photographs of the 2004 Steam Up showing the steam engines
at the Plough and the fair on 110) Five photographs taken on Open Gardens Day Sat 26th June 2004 111) Mug
produced to commemorate the 13th Great Chesterford Steam
Up in 2004. White with green image 112) Letter
distributed throughout the village concerning the progress of the
Parish Room Appeal, signed by 113) Photograph of the Barn Dance held in the Village Hall in 2002 114) Seventeen colour photographs taken of the 1995 Great Chesterford Carnival 115) a) Three photographs of the 1997 Great Chesterford Carnival Parade b) Agenda and Minutes of several meetings of the Carnival ’97 Committee 116) a)
Letter inviting the children of the village to take part in a Fancy
Dress Parade on b)
Sheet of instructions for villagers wishing to take part in the
Torches ‘Beacon’ on Millennium Eve, with c)
‘Millennium Charity Supper and Cocktails’ recipe booklet. Recipes
donated by Jamie Oliver and d)
Photograph of All Saints Church Great Chesterford taken on
Millennium Eve. e) Four photographs of villagers taking part in the Millennium Quiz f) Two photographs of people signing the Village Register in the Church g) Six photographs of the Fancy Dress Party held in the Village Hall after the Parade. h) Seven photographs of Millennium Festivities in the Village Hall (Treasure Hunt Tea?) 117) a)
Programme, timetable of preparations, and income and expenditure
sheet for the Great Chesterford b)
Four photographs of the ‘Superstars Competition’ – part of Carnival
2000. Held at both the Plough, and c)
Seven photographs of the exhibits displayed at the Craft Fair in the
Chapel, Carmel Street as part of d) Twenty colour photographs of the Carnival 2000 Parade. 118) a)
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 – Definitive Map of the Parish of
Great Chesterford. 1/3/89 119) Great Chesterford Parish Council Receipts and Payments Book 1981-2000 120) Great Chesterford Parish Council Minutes Books Jan 2001 - Dec 2002 121) Eight colour photographs of the Great Chesterford Steam-Up 2005. 122)
Schedule and entry form for the Chesterford and District Gardening
Society 18th
Flower Show held on 123) Fifteen colour photographs of the exhibits at the 18th Flower Show held in the School Hall. 124) The
Railway Magazine Vol.87 Jan-Dec 1941, containing ‘The Newmarket and
Chesterford Railway ‘, 125) Unused invoice from A Sharpe, Stores, Gt. Chesterford advertising Esso Blue Paraffin 126)
Beautiful Days in Britain: a birthday calendar of Essex , Gt.
Chesterford and Saffron Walden. 127) Four cards with sketches of village scenes sold in aid of All Saint’s Church. 128) Great Chesterford Parish Council Minutes Book Dec 2000 – Dec 2001 129) Great Chesterford Parish Council Minutes Book Jan 2002 – Feb 2003 130)
Rejoice! Christmas at the Chesterfords. Timetable of events during
the festive period in Gt & Lt 131) Aerial photograph of Great Chesterford taken April 2000 132) Great Chesterford Parish Council Minutes Book 1986-1990 133) Great Chesterford Parish Council Minutes Book 1990-1995 134) Great Chesterford Parish Council Minutes Book 1975-1986 135) Great Chesterford Parish Council Minutes Book 1911-1952 136) Great Chesterford Parish Council Receipt & Payment Book 1956-1972 137) Great Chesterford Parish Council Receipt & Payment Book 1972-1981 138) Great Chesterford Parish Council Declaration of Acceptance of Office 1952 - 1987 139) Great Chesterford Recreation Ground Management Committee Minutes 1980-1988 140) Papers
sent from the Dept. of Transport, 2nd July 1993, to Mrs J
Casement, Parish Council Clerk, 141) Papers
sent from the Dept of Transport, 23rd June 1993, to Mrs J
Casement Parish Council Clerk, 142) Folder of letters relating to the Silver Jubilee Celebrations in June 1977. 143) A11
Trunk Road Stump Cross to Four Wentways Improvement.
Landscape Proposals – Details (for 144)
Correspondence between the Public Works Loan Board and the Parish
Council
Clerk regarding the early 145) Great Chesterford Village Appraisal 2001 Questionnaire 146) Great Chesterford Village Appraisal 2001 Business Questionnaire 147)
Programme for a Celebration Ball held in a marquee on the Recreation
Ground on
Saturday 22nd May
148) A Hall for the Millennium
Brochure produced by the Village Hall Management Committee and
distributed 149) Charities Folder 1978-1980 – correspondence concerning the four Parish Charities 150) Easton Park Development Document 1991 151) Rookery Close/Pilgrim Close Development (plans, correspondence etc) 1975 - 1988 152) Typed
list of contents of the Time Capsule buried beneath the Village Sign
in 2005. Includes a list of the 153) Kelly’s Directory of Suffolk & Essex with Maps, 1937 154) Four
posters advertising Youth Band Aid at the Village Hall in the 1990s. All
proceeds went to Christian 155)
Newspaper article (newspaper and date unknown), about Swaine ,
Adeney, Briggs’ proposed move to a 156) Aerial
photograph of Chesterford Park, showing the Manor House and outbuildings as they were in the 157) Two aerial photographs of Great Chesterford in 2006 printed from the Google Internet website. 158)
Pickwick’s Cambridge Scrapbook – the journey to Great Chesterford. Extracts compiled by Mike Petty 159)
Picture of Life in Roman Days – painting a glimpse of the past by
Michael Vaughton. Description, 160) Lost
and Found – the lost Roman town of Great Chesterford brought to life for
the first time on canvas. 161) Article on the Crown House Hotel, Great Chesterford. Essex Life, Sept 04, page 124. 162)
Carnival 2006 – pack of information 163) Open
Gardens Day 2.00 – 6.00, Sat 17th June 2006. 164) Focus
on the Chesterfords 2006. Liberal Democrat newssheet written by Elfreda Tealby-Watson. 165)
Postcard of The College, Great Chesterford. Black & white, used
with two green 1/2p George VI 166) OS Map
of Great Chesterford reproduced by Uttlesford District Council on 12/10/2006 for the purpose
167) Copy
of a letter written to Richard Hennings by Joe Wakefield on 3rd
1983 about July Farmhouse where 168) List
of businesses drawn up by Ian Deatker which advertised in the Great Chesterford Flower Show 169)
Copy of a letter written by Stacey Dyer to Gilbert Stephenson – date
unknown 170) House
auction details of The Chestnuts, High St, Gt. Chesterford 171) Focus on the Chesterfords August 2006 – Liberal Democrat newssheet. CHE
234) Stacey George Dyer: a chronicle of the village he loved.
CHE
235) Our Villages: their beginnings and now. Abstracts from written
and oral History records. CHE
236) The Life of a Young Farm Worker in the 1920s & the Fate of
Many Chesterford Farmers, by Joe CHE 237)
Disaster at the Park – Little Chesterford, 30 May 1944. A collation
of the information collected by CHE
238) A Village on Fire – Little Chesterford, 7 April 1914. A
perspective of Little Chesterford before and CHE
239) Great Chesterford Burials: memorial inscriptions in Church and Churchyard, compiled by James
CHE 240)
Great Chesterford Burials: from the registers 1586-2000, compiled by James Marshall.
CHE 241)
Little Chesterford in 1801 as revealed in the Inclosure Awards. Ken Kilford presents the awards, CHE 242)
Local Heroes: the men on Great Chesterford Village War Memorial, by Peter Oldham.
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243) A Village School: Great Chesterford 1849-1999, by Elizabeth
Marshall. Interim Report No 10. CHE
244) Great Chesterford in 1801, as revealed in the Inclosure
Awards, by Ken Kilford. Interim Report CHE 245) A
Village Shop, 1920-1945: good times and bad, Janet Clark’s record of Holman & Sons, Great CHE 246)
Great Chesterford Park, Ken Kilford presents what is known about Chesterford’s lost mansion and CHE 247)
Great Chesterford Baptisms, Part One from the registers 1586-1812, compiled by Elizabeth CHE
248) Great Chesterford Baptisms, Part Three from the registers
1923-2005, compiled by Elizabeth CHE
249) Commerce in Great Chesterford 1900-1950, by Ian Deatker.
Interim Report No 16. CHE 250)
The Beginnings of Chesterford from prehistory to history: The Fort
Ditch; The Temple; A Bronze CHE 251)
Great Chesterford: a brief history. Chesterford & District Local
History & Archaeology Society in CHE 252) A Peep into the Life of Victorian Great Chesterford, compiled by Mary Miller, 1984. £2.50 CHE
253) Follow Centurions; an article in the April 2006 issue of Essex
Life & Countryside. Describes a walk CHE
254) The Plough 2007 Calendar – produced to raise funds for
Diabetes UK. CHE 255) Little Chesterford Park; a short history, by Dennis Smith. CHE 256) The Revolt of Geoffrey de Mandeville, by Dennis Smith. CHE 257) Investigation into the origins of Sewards End, by Dennis Smith. CHE 258)
English Heritage National Monuments Record – local studies resource Pack re. Roman Settlement
CHE 259) CD
containing CHE 260) CD containing old photographs of Great Chesterford:-
1 – Church CHE 261) CD containing:-
1 – 53 photographs of the Gt Chesterford Fete
2006 CHE 262) CD containing:-
1 – 7 photographs of the Millennium Quilt CHE 263) CD containing:-
1 – 16 photographs of the 2006 Gt Chesterford Steam-Up
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