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new in June 2025

Interactive village streets scenes – based on drawings and accesses selected postcards

revised in June 2025

Goldhanger Lost – two ancient Boundary Posts added

Tudor bell towers on the Essex coast – added to Bell Towers on the Essex Coast

Virtual Museum - Harry Johnson’s Great War medals auctioned in London

revised in May 2025

WW-2: VE-Day 80 – the VE-Day 80 activities held in the village during May

St Peters Churchrecent  East  &  West  Panoramic  views from the top of the tower

revised in April 2025

Virtual MuseumHistory table lamp and Platinum Jubilee Plaque added

Top Newspaper Articles from the 20th Century – 8 more added and marked with a  <”

Jack Spitty – former Chequers Landlord & barge skipper,   more articles & images added

new  in Mar 2025

Roman Occupation –references to the significant Roman presence around the village

revised in Mar 2025

Climate at Goldhanger – more about the influences of being close to the Estuary

Maps from the Past – four additional maps: 1544, 1579, 1898, 1980     [total now 20]

Goldhanger Conservation Areanew map added with the listed and non-listed historic buildings

Estuary activities, Osea Island - Films and TV programmes made on the Island added

revised in Feb 2025

William Bentall – more existing ploughs identified and six new images added

Goldhanger Coastguards – more early Excise Cutter and Watch Vessel images added

Estuary Activities - a new section about the Goldhanger Regattas held in the late 1800s

revised in Jan 2025

The Barrow Marshes – a new section on the history of the Caravan & Holiday Parks

revision in Jan 2025

Historic & non-listed buildings - non-residential listed features added

revised in Dec 2024

Recent memorable scenes – Advent Calendar window & Gardens during December

new in Nov 2024

Descriptions from the past – nine Trade Directories from 1848 to 1914 added

Past Lords of the Manor – a list of the early major landowners with this entitlement

revised in Oct 2024

The Revd. Edward Howes – significant additions made resulting from more information on the web

Portraits & Characters – sadly the unexpected and sudden death of Duncan Kennedy

Crawshay Frost – a recent painting of Mr Frost has been added at the start of his biography

revised in Sept 2024

St Peter’s Tower – a study of the tower orifices has been added

new in Sept 2024

Maura Benham’s Byrthnoth’s Last Journey – an on-line searchable PDF version is now available

revised in Aug 2024

Beekeeping at Goldhanger – new info on past and present beekeeping added

new in Aug 2024

wooden posts in the Creek – added new credence to Crawshay Frost’s assement of his finds

revision in July 2024

Parish magazine history articles – 100 articles and images produced over 10 years

 

Name of the Village - other villages identified having  ...hanger   as part of their names

 

Local flooding in the past – four additional images added for the 1953 floods

 

Jubilee & Royal wedding celebrations  - 1981 celebration of Charles & Diana's wedding (35mm film)

new in May 2024

Chequers Architectural Study – Janet Whites manuscript converted to machine readable text

 

Virtual Museum – additions: Warren plough model, Doctor’s buoy, the stile & a Cigarette case

new in April 2024

Beekeeping at Goldhanger – indications of past beekeeping at Goldhanger

 

BBC East Sounds – a re-broadcast of DWN describing in The Square Goldhanger’s “Gold Rush”

new in Mar 2024

Vasant – well know artist who spent the summer months at Jacobs Farm, Goldhanger Rd, Heybridge

addition in Feb 2024

Church weather vane renovation - the weather vane was restored for the May 2023 Coronation

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past.goldhanger.org.uk         (dated January 2020)

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