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  • Across a great view in Castle Point
    Across a great view in Castle Point
  • AGES at St James the Less, 2023
    AGES at St James the Less, 2023
  • Bus Shelter,  credit to Wayne Runagall
    Bus Shelter, credit to Wayne Runagall
  • Click on this for more about YE OLD
    Click on this for more about YE OLD "CASTLE" INN, pictured January 2026
  • Crossways, Great Tarpots 1940
    Crossways, Great Tarpots 1940
  • Hart Road Shops 1987 Snow
    Hart Road Shops 1987 Snow
  • London Road
    London Road
  • March 1975, Mrs Merrell retires from Westwood School
    March 1975, Mrs Merrell retires from Westwood School
  • Perspective of Clark's Corner
    Perspective of Clark's Corner
  • Rayleigh Weir under construction, click here for more views!
    Rayleigh Weir under construction, click here for more views!
  • The rolled valleys, August 2024
    The rolled valleys, August 2024
  • Thundersley 1920
    Thundersley 1920
  • White Hart and Cottages
    White Hart and Cottages
  • Over 1,100 articles added since 2010; featured articles; search facility; links with nearby archives

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    Featured subjects
    • HELIX for Castle Point and Gnomes

      HELIX for Castle Point and Gnomes

    • Interactive Map

      Interactive Map

    • Buildings

      Buildings

    • Green Spaces

      Green Spaces

    Featured articles
    • 1977 Deanes School Charity Donation Photo

      1977 Deanes School Charity Donation Photo

      Samantha recalls
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    • Amazing Thundersley Postcard Memories

      Amazing Thundersley Postcard Memories

      Companion to Hadleigh Postcard Memories
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    • Choppens,  Local & Global

      Choppens, Local & Global

      Beautifully produced in 64 pages with many pictures
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    • Drop-ins at Hadleigh Library  for all of 2026

      Drop-ins at Hadleigh Library for all of 2026

      Photos, docs, memories Hadleigh & Thundersley
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    • Farming:  The Harveys

      Farming: The Harveys

      Stephen Harvey's family farmed much of Thundersley
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    • Hadleigh and Thundersley Family History Research

      Hadleigh and Thundersley Family History Research

      Our first book!
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    • SA Railway Booklet

      SA Railway Booklet

      Reprinting, updating and extending H W Paar's excellent article
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    • Tales out of School

      Tales out of School

      The remarkable resource created from the log-book of the first Hadleigh school; 1855 to 1901
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    • The Ancient Parish of Thundersley

      The Ancient Parish of Thundersley

      110 pages and a glorious biography of Rev. Maley
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    • The proposal selected to reshape Essex democracy

      The proposal selected to reshape Essex democracy

      Decision made for five new councils
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    Latest articles
    • Joyce Long & Alf Bilby

      18/05/2026
      Two beautiful memorial plaques and planters in Thundersley Village
    • Focus on shops in Thundersley

      15/05/2026
      Thundersley shops of 50 years ago as listed in the Castle Point Standard newspaper
    • Hadleigh in Profile, Castle Point Standard

      15/05/2026
      Some Hadleigh shops as listed in June 1976
    • Connections: BALH

      12/05/2026
      Reported in the BALH blog of March 2026 was the Purple Plaque project in Hadleigh
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    • Butterley Bricks, Rochford 29/05/2026 I helped load the last of the rails, from underneath the bridge, onto the lorry to transport them to the...
    • Do you recognise anyone in this picture? 25/05/2026 The lady in the top left looks very much like the school secretary Mrs Allen, who was there in the...
    • Joyce Long & Alf Bilby 21/05/2026 I first met Joyce back in 1984 when she came into my workplace on Canvey, collecting money for an eye...
    • Minnie Clinton Lamb; JP 11/05/2026 Dear Jane- I spoke with author of Minnie Lamb book. He suggests you may be a descendant of one of...
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