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revision
in Mar 2024 |
History of The Cricketers many more images have
been added since it has sadly closed |
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Oil Paintings in St Peters additional research and
more images added |
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new
in Mar 2024 |
Vasant well know artist who
spent the summer months at Jacobs Farm, Goldhanger
Rd, Heybridge |
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revision
in Mar 2024 |
Goldhanger Lost:
the Mill recently acquired photo of the Millhouse in 1926 + others from archive |
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Virtual Library new items added, marked
with * in index |
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addition
in Feb 2024 |
Church weather vane renovation - the weather
vane was restored for the May 2023 Coronation |
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revision
in Feb 2024 |
The two Revd Atkinsons
more biographical details and images
from the books added |
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revision
in Jan 2024 |
The Highams Family extracts
from Maura Benhams book
and a reference to the bell tower added |
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addition
in Dec 2023 |
Recent memorable scenes 24 Advent Calendar windows displayed around
the village added |
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new
in Nov 2023 |
A History of the Village Hall includes many
images of the hall which opened in May 1937. |
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new
in Oct 2023 |
William Hume and the sinking of HMS Hawke new
images of this tragic WW-1 event |
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new
in Sept 2023 |
Ragstone Bell
Towers of the Essex Coast over 40 towers similar to St Peters have been
identified |
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new
in Aug 2023 |
Local videos the Ragstone Bell
towers on the Essex Coast created
by DN |
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addition
in Aug 2023 |
Portraits and Characters
Phil Bendall has sadly passed away |
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new
in July 2023 |
Local videos two recent videos: an Ellacombe Chimes
demo. and a Tour
of the village & St Peters |
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addition
in June 2023 |
Portraits, Characters,
Art from the past Dione
Page, artist, and former resident related to the farmers |
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Climate at Goldhanger two local benefits associated with climate
change identified |
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Churchyard map interactive map with links to
the special local characters and authors on the site |
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addition
in May 2023 |
Coronation Celebrations over 50 photos
from the 5 events that took place in the village |
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addition
in Apr 2023 |
Did you know about...
Bus Shelter in The
Square feature added + drawings of
original appearance |
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Chequers Inn a drawing of The Chequers
as it may have looked centuries ago with exposed timbers |
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Local farms - a drawing of The Hall as it may have
looked centuries ago with exposed timbers |
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revision
in Mar 2023 |
Portraits and Characters the Revd.
Donald Allan, former Goldhanger Rector,has sadly passed away |
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Memories of World War Two WW-2 Fellowship Card
discovered |
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Memories of World War Two artists impressions of the
Camp in the Park (+audio) added |
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additions
in Feb 2023 |
St. Peters Church several revisions: Pulpit, Lectern & Font,
and Listed Buildings entry |
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Selection of Postcards new video
added with a look around The Square using early postcards |
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Goldhanger Lost
more information added about the former Parish Rooms in Head St. |
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Virtual Library a booklet added about
the crash of Zeppelin L33 at Wigborough |
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additions
in Jan 2023 |
Portraits and Characters
sadly Brian Wentworth & Trish Bunting have recently passed away |
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new in Dec 2022 |
Arthur Appleton (1886-1971) a new webpage added,
with links from Portraits & Characters |
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addition
in Dec 2022 |
Virtual Museum & Library
the Brazier family have contributed a trophy and a book |
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addition
in Nov 2022 |
St-Peters Organ the Church organ has
been completely refurbished |
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addition
in Sep 2022 |
Resulting
from donations of previously unseen photos from a former resident (scroll
down each page)... |
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...Pit
Cottages The New Rectory Revd & Mrs
Randall in Family Photos School in1950s |
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new
in June 2022 |
Jubilee Celebrations at Goldhanger
- Queen Elizabeth IIs 70th
Jubilee with 4 days of events |
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Goldhanger Dog review
of this new novel, which is set mainly in Goldhanger village |
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new
in May 2022 |
Ancient streams that once flowed through the village
are identified on an interactive map |
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addition
in Apr 2022 |
Commercial Fishing at Goldhanger
use of the Fish Pits: filling and retrieving |
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about these records |
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The material presented
on this website is a small proportion of that held locally in the Goldhanger Digital
Archive and the images included here have a lower definition than those
held in the archives. The copyright to the website design and
majority of the material on the site is held by the Goldhanger
Digital Archive. Acknowledgements for short extracts and snippets taken from
other documents and to individual contributors are given in many places
within the texts. Further acknowledgements will be readily added, or material
removed, if request by a copyright holder not so far been identified.
Enquiries, comments, and offers of information associated with the village
history will be most gratefully received at this re-typed email address: david<at>churchside1<dot>plus<dot>com |
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The scale of the material held on
the site is in the......... |
Site
Map (205 webpages) |
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All the webpages
show on the site-map are held at...... |
www.churchside1.plus.com/Goldhanger-past ( Search for: Goldhanger
past latest ) |
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There
is an older version of the website at.................... |
past.goldhanger.org.uk (dated January 2020) |
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There is a local version with
no Google Drive use at.... |
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The background to the site and
the archive is in........... |
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The 24 historians who contributed
to the site are here... |
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Links to external local sites are
in.............................. |
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A list of local history talks
given in recent years........... |
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