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revised
in Oct 2026 |
YouTube links – a 1994 Anglia TV
programme about Tolleshunt D’arcy added |
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revised
in Sept 2026 |
Great War – images of the inside of St
Georges Chapel, Heybridge Basin |
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Great War – a photo of the Sowery/Zeppelin-L32 memorial
near Billericay |
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Virtual Library – 2008 Biography of
Major Mick Mannock VC, DSO, MC added |
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Recent memorable scenes – images of the 2026 Gala
Weekend |
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Goldhanger related videos – Talents Show
Goldhanger Past summary video added |
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new
in Aug 2026 |
Portraits & Characters – the sad passing of Margaret
Salmon is recorded |
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revised
in Aug 2026 |
Bentalls - links to the Lott & Constable
families of Flatford + many more images |
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new
in July 2026 |
Magazines – extracts from 12 Magazine articles from
the past |
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revised
in July 2026 |
Art from the Past – 12 more artworks added marked with * |
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Searching for local history – links to the 30
sites checked and updated |
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revised
in June 2026 |
history of Beckingham Hall – a new
drawing of the original Hall added |
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Descriptions of Goldhanger – added a selfcatering.co.uk “Guide to Goldhanger” |
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new
in May 2026 |
Historic features along the Goldhanger Rd – a
map and listing of 25 features on the B1026 |
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Drone views of the village – selected Hi-Def
YouTube videos that have close-up aerial views |
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Blackwater Estuary Maps – 12 maps found in
previous years |
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revised
in May 2026 |
Climate at Goldhanger – more about the recent effects of climate change |
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revised
in Apr 2026 |
Pit Cottages – a recent view of The Triangle with
image of the three flourishing trees added |
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Goldhanger Oyster Beds – three more images and the
latest video added |
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new
in Apr 2026 |
Stone in The Square – a new page with its history
recognising the importance of this object |
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revised
in Apr 2026 |
Virtual Museum – Vintage Gilded Button found in
a Fish Street garden |
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new
in Apr 2026 |
YouTube links – 3 more videos: top of Tower
view, T-D’arcy Church & T-Major Church drove views |
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Fish Street Allotments - Clearing the site revealed
some historical artefacts of interest |
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new
in Jan 2026 |
Fishing Reservoirs - three agricultural reservoirs now
used by local angling clubs |
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revised
in Jan 2026 |
Portraits & Characters
- the sad premature passing of Mark
Owers |
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The Barrow Marshes - archaeology finds at
Rook Hall near Barrow Marsh & Chigborough Farms |
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Sir Jack Cohen – new images of GFF from the Express
Dairy Group connection |
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Goldhanger related videos – recent
drone views of St Peters Goldhanger & All Saints Lt.Totham |
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Great War - Ernest Saye, born in Goldhanger but
signed up in D’arcy, added to our WW-1 records |
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new
in Jan 2026 |
Local features in surrounding area – giving
more recognition on the home page of their significance |
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Early Essex County Maps – 8 ancient maps that show
the village |
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revised
in Jan 2026 |
Village School –commemorative tea towel added
from year 2000 |
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revised
in Dec 2025 |
Recent memorable scenes – images of the December
1st big Christmas lights switch-on |
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new
in Nov 2025 |
Morant – machine readable copies of Philip Morant’s
1768 Goldhanger articles |
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revised
in Nov 2025 |
Portraits & Characters
– the very sad passing of Pam Cook and Kathleen Birkin |
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Virtual Library – 1992 Maeldune
book added that has two chapters by Derek
Punchard |
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revised
in Oct 2025 |
Descriptions - essexlive.news website article
about Goldhanger added |
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Vasant – more of Vasant’s impressive
sculptures found on the web |
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revised
in Sept 2025 |
Sir Gilmour Jenkins – several more documents added |
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William Bentall – 5 additional early images added |
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revised
in Aug 2025 |
WW-2: VJ-Day 80 – new information found about
casualty Eric Robin Kempson |
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new
in July 2025 |
Interactive village streets scenes – 3
webpages with drawings that access selected postcards |
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revised
in July 2025 |
Virtual Library & Population - 1901 Census & Tithe Awards
extracts added |
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revised
in June 2025 |
Goldhanger Lost – two ancient Boundary Posts
added |
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Tudor bell towers on the Essex coast
– added to Bell Towers on the Essex Coast |
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revised
in May 2025 |
WW-2: VE-Day 80 – the VE-Day 80 activities held in
the village during May |
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St Peters Church – recent East &
West
Panoramic
views from the top of the tower |
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revised
in April 2025 |
Virtual Museum – History
table lamp and Platinum Jubilee Plaque
added |
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new in Mar 2025 |
Roman Occupation –references to the
significant Roman presence around the village |
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revised
in Mar 2025 |
Climate at
Goldhanger – more about the influences of being close to the Estuary |
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Maps from the Past – four additional maps: 1544, 1579,
1898, 1980 [total now 20] |
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revised
in Feb 2025 |
William Bentall – more existing ploughs identified and
six new images added |
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Goldhanger Coastguards – more early
Excise Cutter and Watch Vessel images added |
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revised
in Jan 2025 |
The Barrow Marshes – a new section on the history of the Caravan & Holiday Parks |
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revision
in Jan 2025 |
Historic & non-listed
buildings - non-residential listed features added |
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about these
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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 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 |
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The scale of the material held on
the site is at.. |
Site
Map (currently 200+ webpages) |
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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 this
site at.... |
past.goldhanger.org.uk (from January 2020) |
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History of the site and its
archive is at..... |
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recent zipped version with files
on Drive accessed via... |
MoreAbout.htm#GPonDrive (updated in July 2026) |
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“all local zip version” without
using Google Drive is via... |
MoreAbout.htm#StandAlone (updated in July 2026) |
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(both
zipped versions can now be downloaded to an Ipad and viewed locally with
Readdle from the App Store) |
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The 24+ historians who have contributed
are named in... |
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Links to external local sites are
in.... |
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Links not found & about them:
“those magnificent links” |
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Local history talks list is
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