|
Recent
Changes ( latest additions
first ) go to... about these records... |
|||
|
new
in Jan 2026 |
Fishing Reservoirs - three agricultural reservoirs now
used by local angling clubs |
||
|
revised
in Jan 2026 |
Portraits & Characters
- the sad
premature passing of Mark Owers |
||
|
“ |
The Barrow Marshes - archaeology finds at
Rook Hall near Barrow Marsh & Chigborough Farms |
||
|
“ |
Sir Jack Cohen – new images of GFF from the Express
Dairy Group connection |
||
|
“ |
Goldhanger
related videos – recent drone views of St Peters Goldhanger
& All Saints Lt.Totham |
||
|
“ |
Great War - Ernest Saye,
born in Goldhanger but signed up in D’arcy, added to our WW-1 records |
||
|
new
in Jan 2026 |
Local features in surrounding area – giving
more recognition on the home page of their significance |
||
|
“ |
Early Essex County Maps – 8 ancient maps that show
the village |
||
|
revised
in Jan 2026 |
Village School –commemorative tea towel added
from year 2000 |
||
|
revised
in Dec 2025 |
Recent memorable scenes – images of the December
1st big Christmas lights switch-on |
||
|
new
in Nov 2025 |
Morant – machine readable copies of Philip Morant’s 1768 Goldhanger
articles |
||
|
revised
in Nov 2025 |
Portraits & Characters
– the very sad passing of Pam Cook and Kathleen Birkin |
||
|
“ |
The Barrow Marshes - HMS Osea
Huts & near Basin Road – more
about these huts in the area |
||
|
“ |
Virtual Library – 1992 Maeldune book added that has two chapters by Derek Punchard |
||
|
revised
in Oct 2025 |
Descriptions - essexlive.news
website article about Goldhanger added |
||
|
“ |
Little Totham Church
& Hall - Heveninghams images added |
||
|
“ |
Virtual Museum – Viking axe found near Goldhanger Road |
||
|
“ |
Vasant – more of Vasant’s
impressive sculptures found on the web |
||
|
revised
in Sept 2025 |
Sir Gilmour Jenkins – several more documents added |
||
|
“ |
Recent memorable scenes – scenes from the 2025 Gala
Weekend added |
||
|
“ |
William Bentall – 5
additional early images added |
||
|
“ |
Goldhanger Decoy Ponds – an
image of MDCs conservation award added |
||
|
revised
in Aug 2025 |
WW-2: VJ-Day 80 – new information found about
casualty Eric Robin Kempson |
||
|
new
in July 2025 |
Interactive village streets scenes – 3 webpages with drawings that access selected postcards |
||
|
revised
in July 2025 |
Virtual Library & Population - 1901 Census & Tithe Awards extracts
added |
||
|
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 Church – recent East &
West
Panoramic
views from the top of the tower |
||
|
revised
in April 2025 |
Virtual Museum – History
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
Area – new
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 |
||
|
new
in Nov 2024 |
Descriptions from the past – nine Trade
Directories from 1848 to 1914 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 |
||
|
new
in May 2024 |
Chequers Architectural Study – Janet Whites
manuscript converted to machine readable text |
||
|
new
in April 2024 |
Beekeeping at Goldhanger – indications of past
beekeeping at Goldhanger |
||
|
about these records |
|||
|
The material
presented on this website is a small proportion of that held locally in the Goldhanger Digital Archive and the images
included here may have a lower definition than those held in the archives.
The pages and formats have been developed using Microsoft tools on a PC and
laptop and may not have the same optimum appearance on other devices that are
not available to the author. 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 sources are given in many places
within the pages. Further acknowledgements will readily be added, or material
removed, if request by a copyright holder not so far identified. any enquiries, comments, and
offers of information associated with village history will be most gratefully received at a
re-type of this email address: david<at>churchside1<dot>plus<dot>com |
|||
|
The scale of the material held on
the site is at.. |
Site
Map (currently 215 webpages) |
||
|
Webpages show on the site-map
are held at.... |
www.churchside1.plus.com/Goldhanger-past (Search for: Goldhanger past
latest ) |
||
|
There is an older version of this
site at.... |
past.goldhanger.org.uk (from January 2020) |
||
|
History of the site and its
archive is at..... |
|||
|
a recent zipped copy can be
accessed at... |
|||
|
an “all local version” without
using Google Drive is at... |
|||
|
The 24+ historians who have
contributed are named in... |
|||
|
Links to external local sites are
in.... |
|||
|
Links not found & about them:
“those magnificent links” |
|||
|
Local history talks list is
at.... |
|||
|
© |
Copyright –
The Goldhanger Digital Archive
– 26th of January 2025 |
||
