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  • A Country Lane 19/05/2018 I have found some additional information, my great grandfather bought the plot of land in December 1919 and then sold...
  • A Country Lane 19/05/2018 My grandparents, Mr and Mrs Hawks, lived at Dorlie, Castle Road and it was my father who wrote the original...
  • A Country Lane 19/05/2018 Rob there are 8 houses in the unmade part of Castle Road, I've lived here for 40 years and my...
  • The Strangman Family of Hadleigh in Essex 16/05/2018 I would be most grateful for any additional information and access to documents. My grandfather, Herbert Arnold Strangman, JR., immigrated...
  • W. Thorington, Homestead Dairy, Thundersley 15/05/2018 Walter Thorington was my grandfather. His wife's name was Caroline; they had 6 children Kate, Florence, Jessie, Horace, John and...
  • Edward III and Hadleigh Castle 09/05/2018 It is great to see that young people have an interest in our local heritage. Superb videos.
  • C. S. Wiggins – the early days 08/05/2018 Such an amazing man. I knew him as Mr Wiggins but think it may have been Stan? He used to...
  • C. S. Wiggins – the early days 07/05/2018 Thank you for this page. I was friends at school with Andrew Wiggins around 1966/68 and spent time at his...
  • G. J. Keddie & Sons 05/05/2018 Just a point of clarification: Although by then owned by Santander, there were two Abbey branches following the purchase of...
  • Morrisons; the old and the new 01/05/2018 As a young lad I remember Leslies on the corner of Oak Rd South and they sold Tiles etc. When...
  • G. J. Keddie & Sons 01/05/2018 The reference concerning two Building Societies of the same name can be explained. Santander bought the Abbey National opposite the...
  • A Country Lane 23/04/2018 The second bungalow in belongs to my Sister-in-law but she or my brother when he was alive never found the...
  • Postal Services in Victorian Hadleigh 12/04/2018 My late Mother worked as a counter clerk in Belshams Post Office in the 1930s and met my Father who...
  • Daws Heath and the Limehouse Draper 09/04/2018 Great to see what appears to be a picture of my great grandfather JAMES Rolph outside his cottage at Rivers...
  • Endway CarPark Creation 04/04/2018 Re Endway car park, I was the only one unfortunate enough to lose my home for that carpark, 66 Beech...
  • A Hadleigh Boy Recalls a 1960s Childhood 04/04/2018 The young lad who drowned in the Blue Lagoon worked in the brick fields and was a relative of my...
  • Postal Services in Victorian Hadleigh 04/04/2018 I remember when the Post Office was opposite the The Castle Pub and was known as Belshams? One side was...
  • Hadleigh – An Essex Village 01/04/2018 I have recently managed to acquire this publication. Many photographs and write-ups to aid with research into Hadleigh's past. A...
  • 2 Brittania Cottages London Road. 28/03/2018 The Castell family living in Raylands Cottages are not in our family tree. I can find no connection to them....
  • A Hadleigh Boy Recalls a 1960s Childhood 25/03/2018 As with a lot of my generation our childhood was spent just as it has been described; even going out...
  • The Rising Crown? I Had a Dream 17/03/2018 This site could be reused as a community skills centre; let me explain. There is a massive resurgence in the...
  • The Crown Inn, Hadleigh 12/03/2018 Has the collapse of the Hadleigh Regeneration Plan opened up a chance for the Crown to be saved? If enough...
  • A Hadleigh Boy Recalls a 1960s Childhood 11/03/2018 My mother and father ran the Colony lakes from the 1970s. I was about 6/7 years old. We started with...
  • Thundersley Shops 1937 – 1946 10/03/2018 I have just read this out to 93 yr old Gladys Jenkins. She joined the school in 1933 aged 8....
Latest articles

  • St James the Less Church CHURCHYARD APPEAL April 2018

    02/05/2018
    Many Hadleigh residents will be aware that the church has been working on a scheme ...

  • Updated Railway Booklet

    14/04/2018
    The excellent article by H W Paar on the Salvation Army Railway has more than ...

  • Salvation Army Cottages: regenerated

    13/04/2018
    In 2017, the Salvation Army Cottages were completely “regenerated” and the above gallery shows key ...

  • Shops in Rectory Road 1930's to Present Day

    03/04/2018
    The continuing search for information and photos of 2-10 Rectory Road, Hadleigh
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