Parish magazine history articles Since 2015 about 100 articles have been produced for the monthly Parish magazine and are based on information on the Goldhanger Past website and in the village history archives. In the early days the front cover pictures didn’t necessarily relate to the articles, but it was later realised that it is better to relate the pictures to the articles. Colour has also been added progressively, although in many cases a beige/sand colour paper for the cover has given a sepia effect to the old photos. The articles are held in a separate document for each year. select a year to view twelve articles...
year	month	article	year	month	article
2015	January	Name of the Village	2016	January	The Goldhanger Alehouses
	February	Past Descriptions of Goldhanger		February	Electrophants” at Follyfaunts
	March	The Goldhanger Stone: what is it?		March	The Revd William James Jay
	April	Early court records of incidents		April	The Seawall at Goldhanger
	May	The Revd. Edward Howes		May	The Village School
	June	Decoy Ponds		June	Goldhanger’s Lost Cottages
	July	The Pit Cottages		July	The Goldhanger Blacksmiths Shop
	August	Past plans that never happened		August	There was no history article this month
	September	The founder of TESCO at Goldhanger		September	Major Lindsay Fitzgerald Hay
	October	The Wesleyan Chapel		October	The Goldhanger Regatta
	November	Maura Benham		November	The Tithe Barn
	December	The Goldhanger Friendly Brothers		December	Two Christmas newspaper articles
2017	January	Domesday Book entry for village	2018	January	Friendly Brothers dinners in the past
	February	Street names in the past		February	Societies and Clubs in the past
	March	Ancient wooden posts in The Creek		March	The Goldhanger Red Brick Walls
	April	Why sharp bends on our local roads?		April	Goldhanger’s link to Queen Victoria
	May	Mr Ponder’s Beehive at the Great Exhibition		May	Frank Wellington
	June	Beckingham Hall		June	Lost chapel in Goldhanger Parish
	July	Osea Island’s links with Goldhanger		July	The Goldhanger Stone – the sequel
	August	The Page Family		August	Your Essex - at Goldhanger
	September	Armistice time at Goldhanger		September	The Barrow Marshes
	October	Goldhanger Gas Lamps		October	Great War evacuation instructions
	November	Past bonfire nights at Goldhanger		November	Armistice time at Goldhanger
	December	Christmas time newspaper extracts		December	Armistice celebrations in Village Hall
2019	January	A Royal Connection	2020	January	Coastguard Cottages
	February	Rice Grass in the Creek		February	Village and farm ponds
	March	Beeleigh Abbey - the Goldhanger landlords		March	Village shops
	April	Village School magazine from 1935		April	Oliver Warin
	May	Stanley Wilkin at Bounds Farm		May	World War II and Victory in Europe
	June	Second World War casualties and heroes		June	A Manchester Guardian article
	July	Local artworks by past well known artists		July	Contagious disease - from the archives
	August	St Peter’s bells refurbishment		August	The Romans at Goldhanger
	September	“My stay in Goldhanger was very special”		September	Crimes from the 1500s recorded in ERO
	October	Model-T Fords struggling up Market Hill		October	Postcards of Goldhanger
	November	Origins of the bell tower		November	Shrimp Brand Beers at The Chequers
	December	Fishing in the past		December	The two Goldhanger ploughs
2021	January	Smuggling at Goldhanger	2022	January	Archaeology from the Creek and Estuary
	February	Haywain Wagons in Goldhanger		February	Strawberry Picking - early days at Bounds
	March	Surprising extracts from the archives		March	view from the Tower in the 1920s
	April	Early telephones in the village		April	Dr Salter – Goldhanger GP for 68 years
	May	Past descriptions of Goldhanger		May	extract from the Jubilee booklet for 1937
	June	Listing of The Chequers by CAMRA		June	Fancy Dress at 1977 Jubilee Celebrations
	July	Anniversary of the Ellacombe Chimes		July	Queen Victoria Jubilee, a Goldhanger link
	August	Goldhanger Players and Maude McMullen		August	Snowdrop in the Creek
	September	history of the Cricketers Inn		September	Past references to Alehouses
	October	history of the Cricketers Inn		October	Crawshay Frost - Fish St. resident
	November	The Goldhanger Orchards		November	The Village School
	December	Newspaper adverts from the past		December	St. Peter’s Church Organ
2023	January	The Chequers Inn	2024	January	The Two Filling Stations
	February	Goldhanger in the Snow		February	Goldhanger Cottages Lost
	March	Jacob Mickelfield’s Goldhanger Clocks		March	The Commemorative Phone Box
	April	The Parish Rooms		April	Uses of the Church bells in the past
	May	A Curate's part in the Koh-i-Noor Diamond		May	Beekeeping in Goldhanger
	June	Local Authors from the Past		June	Where was the Goldhanger Water Mill?
	July	The Bellringer’s Trophies		July	Early Goldhanger maps and documents
	August	Essex Costal Climate		August	Swimming in the Creek & Estuary
	September	The Square – in early 1900s and now		September
	October	Goldhanger Fish Pit		October
	November	Miller Christy – local historian and author		November
	December	Construction of St. Peter’s Bell Tower		December
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