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Virtual Library
A catalogue
of over 100 items of literature by or about past and present residents of
Goldhanger, together
with published and unpublished material about the village and nearby. Items held
in the village filing cabinet (FC) or within DNs property are shown as
located: in local archive Recent additions marked * in index - Scroll down the listing in chronological order, or go to the most recent entry |
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1086 |
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The
Domesday Book The Domesday Book wasn’t
in fact one “book”, there was a great book and a little book. Essex and
Goldhanger are in the little book. There are 3 entries for the village,
associated with the 3 Counts who owned the lands. See more at... Domesday entries for Goldhanger Location: online at... https://opendomesday.org |
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1558-1752 |
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Register
of baptisms, marriages and burials covering the years 1558 to 1752 Location: Essex Records Office D/P
79/1/1 (also see the 1754 entry) About...
St Peters Church |
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1650 |
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Short
Arithmetick: or The Old
Tedious way of Numbering Reduced to
a New and Brief Method Revd. Edward Howes wrote and published this book while Rector of Goldhanger. More at… The Revd Edward Howes Pages: 90, 24-pages are in The Revd Edward Howes |
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1692 |
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Gospel-truth,
stated and vindicated The
Revd Dr Daniel Williams
wrote
this book and many other books while owner of Beckingham Hall and much of the
land to the north of Goldhanger. More
at… The Revd Dr Daniel Williams Pages: Location: This and his many other books
are in the Dr Williams
Library
at.. |
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1754-1812 |
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Register
of baptisms, marriages and burials covering the years 1754 to 1812 Location: Essex Records Office D/P
240/1/3 (other registers are available in ERO) About...
St Peters Church |
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1754-1861 |
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Churchwardens
Accounts Book covering the years 1754 to 1861 Location: Essex Records Office D/P
79/5/1 About...
St Peters Church |
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1768 |
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History
and Antiquities of the County of Essex written
by Philip Morant in 1758, this very large book has 6 pages of locally
relevant information from that period. Pages: 6 out of 810 (and are here... Morant extracts) Location: Maldon Library |
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1783 |
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Practical
Discourses on Several Important Subjects This book was published after Dr Daniel Williams
death from manuscripts he left behind. More
in… The Revd Dr Daniel Williams Pages: Location: This and his many other books are in the Dr
Williams Library at.. |
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1850s |
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The
Diaries of the Revd Charles Verney Shuckburgh The Revd Charles Verney Shuckburgh was Rector of
Goldhanger(1797 - 1834) and also
Rector of Langford. He is recorded to have written a diary 20 volumes long,
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1862-1969 |
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St Peters
Church accounts books Churchwardens accounts from 1862 to 1969 Church tower fund, 1923 to 1926 Churchyard fund, 1924 to 1928 Location: Essex Records Office D/P
79/5/1 About...
St Peters Church |
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1868 |
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Villa and Cottage
Architecture published by Blackie
& Son.,
A history of the
Victorian Rectory contains a detailed
description of the then new Goldhanger Rectory designed by famous Victorian
architect Ewan Christian. Included are three impressive lithographic
drawings of the east, south and west elevations. Relevant Pages: 7 of the 112 Location: the digital archive, ERO I/Mp 154/1/3 |
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1868 |
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Walks, Talks
Travels and Exploits
by the Revd John Christopher Atkinson, who was born
and brought up in Goldhanger. His father was a curate in the village.
Although he spent most of his life in Yorkshire and wrote many books, his
first two were written while in Essex. More
at… Revd. John
Christopher Atkinson Pages: 433 Location: occasionally offered on ebay and read on-line at… www.books.google.co.uk/Walks,Talks... |
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1873 |
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The Ringwoods of
Ringwood
by Mervyn Merriton, whose real name was Henry Coe
Coape. He was a wealthy Goldhanger landowner and resident in the mid 1800s.
Fifteen literary works by H C Coape, covering novels, play, operas and short
stories, have been identified. The Ringwoods of Ringwood is probably his best
known work. More at… Henry Coe Coape Pages: 998 published over 3
volumes Location: reprints are available
on-line Can be read on-line at… http://archive.org |
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1894 |
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Maldon and the
River Blackwater
by Edward Arthur Fitch, between 1894 & 1899 (there were several versions) E.A. Fitch (1854-1912), was Mayor of Maldon in the
late 1800s. He was a farmer, ornithologist, historian, antiquarian and
author, and was president of the Essex Field Club.
Pages: 3 of local interest out of
100 Location: Maldon Library + Fitch extracts here |
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1885 |
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British
Birds’ Eggs and Nests Written by the Revd John Christopher Atkinson, see
above. More
at… Revd. John
Christopher Atkinson Pages: 122 Location: occasionally offered on ebay and read on-line at… www.books.google.co.uk |
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1887 |
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Goldhanger Woods
A children’s smuggling and romantic story written
by sisters Mary and Catherine Lee while staying at Tiptree Priory, on Tiptree
Heath. The Goldhanger village portrayed does quite fit the one we know. See…
Smuggling Pages: 88 Location: occasionally offered on ebay Can
be read online in Google Books at… Goldhanger Woods |
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1888 |
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In a
Jesuit Net, A Story of the Time of Louis XIV by Henry Coe Coape, wealthy Goldhanger landowner and resident
in the mid 1800s. This is one of fifteen literary works by H C Coape,
covering novels, play, operas and short stories. (see above) More
in… Henry Coe
Coape Pages: 390 |
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1892 |
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This children’s book was presented to 10 years old
Florence Brazier, by St. Peters Church in 1892 as a reward for regular
attendance at the Sunday School. The family move to Canada
in 1910 and the book is still held by the family there today. |
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1895 -1940 |
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Bound Copies
of Goldhanger Parish Magazines
A large bound book that includes a wealth of
information and many articles written by the Revd
Frederick Gardner, Rector of Goldhanger and Little Totham between 1893
and 1936. It also includes many parish
magazine reports during the Great War. Location: Colchester Library, Local
Studies section ref: E.GOL.1 |
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Local Postcards
Over 200 postcards of village scenes have been
found, and copies but not the originals, are held locally. Samples are shown
on this website at… Early postcards Location: local digital archives |
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1906 |
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The History of Salt Making by Miller Christy,
a well known Essex historian and archaeologist, and who wrote many books and
articles in his time. This article is bound and preserved in the Colchester
Library and has a lengthy description of the excavation of the Goldhanger Red
Hill, at Bounds Farm. See… Salt extraction in the Blackwater Pages: 15 |
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1907 |
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Osea island - the new temperance
seaside resort Mr. Charrington produced this booklet to publicise
his temperance resort which operated from 1903 until WW-1. It has many extracts from newspapers and magazines
and several photos. Pages: 22 Location: this site at... Osea booklet |
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1909 |
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The Goldhanger Stone: What is it? This article was also written by Miller Christy, and is bound and held in the
Maldon reference library, and includes an early photograph of the stone just
resting in The Square. Reprinted from: Trans. Essex Archaeological
Society, Vol. 11, new series, Part 1, 1909. See.. Stone in The
Square Pages: 3 |
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1910 |
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ASTRIA - The Ice Maiden
Ernest Mansfield’s first novel has a significant
autobiographical and science fiction content. The complete book is available
on-line at… Astria - the Ice Maiden More about… Ernest
Mansfield Pages: 157 Location: copy with the local archivist [DN] and believed to be rare. |
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1911 |
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Northern Exploration Company Shares Prospectus
Largely
written by Ernest Mansfield. More
in… Spitsbergen Prospectus's |
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1913 |
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Ralph Raymond
Ernest Mansfield’s second novel also has a
significant autobiographical content, being based on his experiences in New
Zealand. See.. Ralph
Raymond summary (pages 72-76 of Mansfields articles) More
in… Ernest Mansfield Pages: 344 Location: copy with the local archivist
[DN], and occasionally offered on ebay |
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1911 |
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Northern Exploration Company “Marble Island”
Shares Prospectus
Largely
written by Ernest Mansfield More
in… Spitsbergen Prospectus's |
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1921 |
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Encyclopaedia of Modern Pig Farming
Farm
management information together with advertisements for the Tiptree herd of
“Large Black” pigs, written by Stanley S Wilkin. More
in… Stanley S
Wilkin Pages: 32 |
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1930s |
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An English Village - Goldhanger
This delightful small booklet written by school
girl Mary Horsley while staying at The Parsonage in Head St., Goldhanger. It
contains several period photographs. There is a sample on
page-29 of... Ancient Goldhanger Documents Pages: 16 |
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1933 |
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Dr. Salter’s Diaries
Dr
Salter's diary and reminiscences from the year 1849 to the year 1932 contain
many references to Goldhanger. See…
Dr Salter's diaries Relevant pages: about 30 of the 404 Location: Maldon Library at E.TOL.2.920, and occasionally on ebay |
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1935 |
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Rifle Company and Platoon Tactics
Non-fiction,
by Major Lindsay Fitzgerald Hay. Not seen. Pages: 52 |
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1935 |
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Goldhanger School magazine Jubilee Number
Produced for the King’s jubilee. It has 36 pages
of descriptions of the village and poems written by Village
School children in their own handwriting. Pages: 36 Location: at... School magazine
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1936 |
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The History of Beckingham
This
booklet by W L Hall gives the history of both Tolleshunt Major Church and
Beckingham Hall and has many illustrations. Pages: 38 Location: the paper archives [FC] Some of the information in this booklet was used
in the creation of... |
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1937 |
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It wasn't a nightmare
Major Lindsay Fitzgerald Hay first novel while living at Folly Faunts, which was said to be semi-autobiographical. See..
Major Lindsay Fitzgerald Hay Pages: 287 Location: copy with local archivist [DN] |
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1937 |
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The Terrible Hand and
No Mean Tartar
Two novels written by Major Lindsay Fitzgerald Hay that follows on from his previous book and is said to be semi-autobiographical. See.. Major Lindsay Fitzgerald Hay Pages: 288 & 264 |
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1939 |
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“Follyfaunts”
in the Homes & Gardens magazine
a 3-page article about Follyfaunts house at the time when Major Lisday Fitzgerald Hay was in residence. However, the
article is mainly about the Major’s Ming China and his recently published
book. The article is available here... |
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1941 |
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The Oaken Heart
Margery Allingham’s only non-fiction work covering
a period of WW-2 between 1938 to 1941 written at the request of her USA
publishers in support of the call for the USA to join the war effort. For
"security reasons" the names of the villages were changed eg
Goldhanger is “Goldenhind” and there are several references to the village
and the surrounding area in it. Some are on page-27 of the VE-75 booklet online |
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1951 |
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The Rules of the Friendly Brothers
a booklet with the 1951 version of the rules Pages: 6
The histopy of Friendly Brothers is here
and here is
the text of... The
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1959 |
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The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
Sir Gilmore Jenkins lived in Goldhanger house in
the 1950s and 1960s. He was Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Transport and
Civil Aviation and wrote this book when he retired in 1959. The book has not
been seen and presumably has no Goldhanger content. See.. Sir Gilmour Jenkins Pages: 231 |
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1959 |
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Footprints in the Sea
By Captain Augustus Agar, VC, RN, Commodore of HMS
Osea who headed a mission into the Baltic Sea in 1919 and sunk two
battleships in Kronstadt harbour. |
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1963 |
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An Introduction To The Birds Of Hong Kong
Written by Maura Benham while working in Hong Kong
and before she retired and moved to Goldhanger. More about… Maura Benham Pages: 97 copy
with the local archivist [DN], and occasionally on ebay |
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1965 |
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The Titanic and the Californian
Written by Peter Padfield while living in Fish St
in the 1960s. Peter has since published over 30 books all with nautical
themes. More
about… Peter
Padfield Pages: 318 Location: Essex and Suffolk libraries
and occasionally on ebay |
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1966 |
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An Agony of Collisions
The second book written by Peter Padfield while
living in Fish St. More about… Peter Padfield Pages: 204 |
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1971 |
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Pile it High, Sell it Cheap
Biography of Sir John (Jack) Cohen, founder of the TESCO supermarket chain, written by Maurice Corina. Cohen’s of Little London Farm, which is within Goldhanger parish and his creation of “Goldhanger Fruit Farms” is described in chapter-7 of the book. Sir Jack Cohen's biography on this site has many extracts. Relevant pages: about 15 of the 204 Location: Colchester Library, Local
Studies, E.GOL, occasionally on ebay and [DN] |
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1975 |
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From
Black Dog to Black Sheep - A Higham Family Tree
This booklet by JRS Higham describes the members of the family who lived at Highams Farm in the 15th and 16th centuries and includes a sketch of the farmhouse and its Crown Post roof structure. Relevant pages: 4 of the 78 Location: paper archives [FC] The 4-pages are available on this website |
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1977 |
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Goldhanger - an Estuary Village
The first and only published book on Goldhanger
history, written by Maura Benham. The complete book is available on-line at… Maura Benham Book More about… Maura Benham Pages: 88 Location: a copy is in the archives
[DN]. |
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1978 |
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Goldhanger Study Centre
An A4 size booklet with information for teachers
and students with sketches and descriptions of the houses in Fish St.
produced at a time when the Village School was being
used as a study centre by St Edwards school, Romford. Pages: 9 Location: at... Study Centre booklet
and [FC] |
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1985 |
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Essex Windmills, Millers
& Millwrights
written by Kenneth Farries and published in 1985
in five volumes. Volume four (F-R) contains a 1-page description of
the Goldhanger windmill in Fish St. that was available to let in 1781. See extract in... Goldhanger Lost - Windmill and Steam-mill Relevant pages: 1 |
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1985 |
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The Story of Tiptree Jam - the First 100 Years, 1885-1985
Written by Maura Benham. There is much more about… Maura Benham on this website. Pages: 56 |
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1988 |
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The
Essex Village Book
written by members of the Essex Women's
Institutes, published by Countryside Books in 1988, with a description of Goldhanger supplied by the
local W.I. members. Pages: 192 with 2 pages about Goldhanger Location: Essex libraries and Amazon The text is held in... Descriptions of Goldhanger -
Compliments |
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1991 |
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Byrthnoth’s Last Journey: from Maldon to Ely
a
booklet written by Maura Benham and published as part of Maura’s involvement in the: 991-1991
Battle of Maldon Millennium commemorations Location: Maldon Library, ref: E.248 a machine readable & searchable
version is online here at... |
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1991 |
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Drawn to Trouble - Confessions of a Master Forgers
The autobiography by Maldon artist and forger Eric Hebborn. The book has a full chapter about Crawshay Frost's
influence on his career. Extract are in... Crawshay Frost Location: copy with archivist [DN], Essex libraries, ref: 750 HEBB and on-line |
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1993 |
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The Story of the Wesleyan Chapel in Goldhanger
A
short booklet written by Maura Benham More
about… Maura Benham Pages: 11 Location: copy in the digital archives
[FC] |
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1990s |
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A Study of the Chequers Public House
in the
Village of Goldhanger
written by Janet White in the 1990s A manuscript of an architectural study of The Chequers Inn undertaken in the 1990s. Janet had
permission to access the roof space and took rare photos of the ancient beams
and wattle & daub partitions,
which are included in the report. Some of the information in the report was
used in the creation of the The Chequers webpage. Pages: 11 Location: FC, digital archives
& online: the manuscript and now in machine
readable form |
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1995 |
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Falcons Hall, an architectural study
written
by Anne Padfield in 1995 A report of an investigation to identify the
separate construction dates of the parts of the buildings and its wings. See... Farms - Falcons Hall Pages: 6 - including several plan and elevation sketches Location: in the digital archives [FC], and online
here... the manuscript |
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1995 |
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The
Story of Tiptree Jam – beginning the second 100 years
written by John
Wilkin in 1995. This is a sequel to The Story of Tiptree Jam, the First Hundred Years written
by Maura Benham in 1985. This was written by John who lived at Bounds Farm,
just before he retired from the position of Chairman of the company. Pages: 6 - including several photos Location: a copy is in the paper archives [FC] and extracts are in John's biography |
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1995 |
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Migration to Maldon
The story of evacuees and others who came to
Maldon district during World War II, which was published by Maldon District Council in
1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the war. It contains two letters referring to Goldhanger. Pages: 50 Location: Maldon Library |
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1996 |
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History Group paper archives
In the 1990s the local history group accumulated a
filing cabinet full of paper records of village history. This was used as the
basis of several history exhibitions in the village. Although now largely
digitised (see the 2004 entry), the filing cabinet (now held by DN) and paper
is still maintained and the material is still accumulating. |
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1996 |
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Celebration
An
autobiography of and by Graham David Smith. It has many references to Maldon
artist and forger Eric Hebborn and of visits to Crawshay Frost in Fish St. Relevant pages: 5 of the 255 Location: a copy is with the archivist [DN] extracts are in Crawshay Frost |
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1997 |
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Fields of the First
The history of aircraft landing grounds in Essex
used during the First World War, written by Paul A Doyle. When the First World
War began Essex had no military aerodromes, but by the end thirty one had
been laid down for use by all three services. Goldhanger was one of them and
this book gives its history, describes the site and has some photos. Some of
the info. in it is used in… Flight Station Location: a copy is with the archivist
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2000 |
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The Goldhanger Millennium Calendar
A two year calendar designed by Tony Moore and
David Newman covering the years 1999 & 2000, produced to celebrate the
Millennium and to record village life both before and at the time. It was
designed to be cut in half to create a permanent booklet. Several hundred
were sold to raise funds for St Peters Church. See… The Millennium Calendar Pages: 27 all with local pictures Location: copies in the archives [FC] and around the village |
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2000 |
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Tollesbury
in the Year
2000
The story of a village and its people. A Millennium project that produced a very large
paper-back book. Pages: 304 with many local pictures Location Essex libraries & [DN] |
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2002 |
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Tolleshunt
Major in Words and Pictures
by Karen
Tuke Location: Essex libraries reference: E.TOL.4 a PDF version is now available via Facebook |
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2002 |
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A History of Follyfaunts House
written by Peter Bushell in 2002. The booklet
gives both the history of the building, 21 owners and others who have lived there, plus some village
information, covering the period of 1250 to 2002. Pages: 9 page booklet, which is an abridged version Location: a copy is in the digital archives & [FC] and online here . See... Farms - Follyfaunts |
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2002 |
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The Early Goldhanger Memories
In 2002 Cyril Southgate wrote his Early Memories Goldhanger
from his childhood in the 1930s including his recollections of being in the
village during WW-2. They are at… Cyril Southgate's
memories Pages: 8 Location: on this site & copy in
the local archives [FC] |
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2004 |
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Digital version of the History Files
The paper archives were progressively scanned to
provide a source of digitised material for local history presentations. Over
several years, more than 70 copies of these files were distributed on CDs and
DVDs locally and to former residents throughout the world. More recently a
subset has been put on the internet (see the 2011 entry). |
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2005 |
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Madrigal and…
Over a 3 year period Beti Webb wrote four children books... Madrigal the Secret Witch Madrigal's Midsummer Magic Madrigal and the Magician Madrigal and the Bent Broomstick |
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2005 |
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Little Totham - The Story of a small village
Lorna Key wrote and published the history of
Little Totham, which includes a chapter about the Revd
Frederick Gardner, who was Rector of both Little Totham and Goldhanger.
It describes to the Rector’s involvement with the Spitzbergen expeditions.
There are also reminiscences about the Goldhanger
Flight Station. Relevant pages: 6 of the 127 Location: in Essex libraries, ref: E.TOT.2 copy in the archives [DN]
and extract... here |
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2005 |
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Funeral of a Bellringer
A 30 minute programme broadcast on BBC Radio 3 that recalled the bell ringing life of the former Goldhanger Tower Captain, Bernard Mann. The voices of the more recent Tower Captains can also be heard. Listen: to a short extract at... Funeral of a Bellringer Location: a copy of the full audio is in our Digital Archives |
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2006 |
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Once Upon An Island
Written by Joseph Canning, who spent his childhood in Goldhanger and went to the village school… “It is written about places that exist and characters I knew. I grew up along the estuary and in the village I describe”. The character in the book “Horatio Crockshay Volwycke-Hoar” is remarkably like the one and only… Crawshay Frost More
about… Joe
Canning and his other 11 locally based books Pages: 480 Location: Maldon library, ref: E.823, and on-line |
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2006 |
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Olive’s Boys
Written by Joseph Canning, who spent his childhood
in Goldhanger and went to the village school. The book is assumed to be
semi-autobiographical… London 1940, the Blitz in London is at its height,
amid it all a young mother Olive fights against the odds keep her seven
children, defying the bombs and the authorities. She returns to the village
where she was born. More
about… Joe
Canning and his other 11 locally based books Pages: 308 |
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2006 |
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History of St. Peters Church
A small booklet on the history of the Church
written by David Newman Pages: 32 Location: on sale in St Peter’s Church and
similar information is at… St Peters
Church |
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2007 |
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The Licence
Memories of a Chequers Inn by former landlady Mary
Hulbert, now Mary Rose. More
about… The
Chequers Inn Pages: 138 short extracts at... Licence - extracts |
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2007 |
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Goldhanger
Conservation Review & Character Appraisal
Written by Karen Fielder et al, for Essex County
Council. It was much criticised at the time by the village history group for
its many inaccuracies. A revision was promised by was not forthcoming. See… The Goldhanger
Conservation Area Pages: 71
Location: Digital archives [DN] & Maldon
District Council’s website
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2007 |
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Goldhanger
Historic Settlement Assessment
Written by Teresa O' Connor on
behalf of Essex County Council as part of the Conservation Area Review
(above). It contains many useful maps, listing of monumental sites,
bibliography and other historical information. See… The Goldhanger
Conservation Area
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2008 |
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Home of
the Goldhanger gold hunters
This issue of Maldon Museum’s “Penny Farthing” magazine had a 2-page
article about the Goldhanger gold hunters who made many journeys to
Spitsbergen in the early 1900s. Background material was supplied by DN.
Relevant
pages: 2 of 20
Location: available online at... e-voice.org.uk/maldonmuseum... |
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2009 |
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Maldon
Heybridge and the Great War
written by Stephen Nunn
Chapter-4 is about the Goldhanger
Aerodrome/Flight Station
and Chapter-5 is about HMS Osea
Relevant
pages: 10
Location: [DN] |
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2009 |
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Round to
Midnight
“A partly true story” and “an eerily atmospheric tale of an evil
spirit” written by Linda Tegerdine, who previously lived in Goldhanger and
based this novel on her experience of a property in the village.
Pages: 250 |
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2010 |
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Prospero's
America
Written
by Walter Woodward This book refers to, and quotes, some 25 letters that the Revd Edward Howes, Rector of Goldhanger wrote to his friend John Winthop, Governor of Massachusetts in the 1600s. More
about.. Edward
Howes and his relationship with
Governor John Winthop Relevant pages: about
50 of the 317 Location: Google Books & on-line bookshops |
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2010 |
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St
Peter’s Church Archaeological Monitoring
Monitoring was carried out on the groundworks
associated with the construction of the new Community Room on St Peters Church. The report reveals not only the
contents of the graveyard exposed in the locations excavated but also
information about the scale of the foundations of the Church. Location: digital archive |
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2011 |
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Goldhanger
in the Past - on the web
From 2011 onwards a subset of the local history
material (see 2004) has been maintained on the web at...Goldhanger
Past After some initial local publicity, the material was found and
indexed by search engines, and extensive local historical information can now
be found by searching with browsers. More material is regularly added, see... recent changes Webpages: 205+
as of 2024 A4 pages: 1800+ if ever printed out! |
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2011
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Journals
of Wartime Colchester
Eric Rudsdale’s diaries from WW-2, which have many
references to Maura Benham as a young girl and
friend of Rudsdale when she was living with her family in Colchester.
Rudsdale's role as a curator and air-raid shelter superintendent at
Colchester Castle during WW-2 gave him the perfect opportunity to record life
on the home front. Pages: 223 Location: Essex libraries Ref: E.COL.1.940.53161 and on-line bookshops. Short extracts are in... Maura Benham |
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2012
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Heybridge in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
By Beryl Claydon. Bentall Engineering played a big
part the history of Heybridge. As the company was founded by Goldhanger farmer
William Bentall and was based on his Goldhanger plough invention, the
history of the Bentall family and the company takes a major part in this
book. See.. Local characters from the past Relevant pages: about
15 of the 228 |
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2012
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Time
Traveller Jamie Tate: To Colchester
A children’s book written by Vysian Banyard, Goldhanger Parish Clerk. |
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2012
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Ernest
Mansfield - Gold or I’m a Dutchman
Biography of Ernest Mansfield, Goldhanger resident
and gold prospector in the early 1900s, written by Susan Barr (Oslo), Greg
Nesteroff (Nelson, BC) and David Newman. More about…
Ernest Mansfield Pages: 192 Location: Maldon Library Ref:
"B/MANS-622.3422092" and [DN] A short extract is at... Gold or I’m a Dutchman |
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2013
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Cecil
Chaplin’s local history collection
Throughout his life Cecil built up a collection of village
historical documents, newspaper cuttings and photos. Many have been shared with the History Group. Size: multiple A4 ring binders |
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2013
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The
Goldhanger hoard
A copper hoard was discovered by metal detecting in a field near
the Blackwater Estuary in October 2000. It is a collection of 61 ingots now
housed in Colchester Museum. An examination of The Goldhanger Hoard was
undertaken as part of a PhD project in the University of Sheffield, which
included a study of British Bronze Age metalsmithing tools, metric recording,
photography, and analysis of the chemical composition. Location: digital archive |
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2013
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A
History of Goldhanger Aerodrome
A draft chapter of a planned book by Charles
Marshall was kindly given to the History Group as part of preparation for a Zeppelin Busters
presentation commemorating the 100 anniversary of the opening of the Aerodrome / Flight-Station. Pages: 24 Location: Digital archives [FC] with extracts of the Operations Records here |
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2015
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Goldhanger Parish Magazine
First of a new series in A5 format edited by Chris
and Steve. Since then PMs have had landscape images of old postcards and historic
local scenes, etc. on the cover provided by DN. Inside the magazine there
was a thank-you note
from the Parish Council to Lesley Arnold who had edited the PM for the
previous 14 years. All copies are available
here... Parish
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2016
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Goldhanger
in the Past
This book written by David
Newman was sold to raise funds for St Peter’s Church and the Village Hall
improvement project. It was produced using material on this website and
includes over 300 images. Pages: 160 Location: [DN] and online at: Goldhanger in the Past |
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2016
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Zeppelin
L33 – a night to remember
The story of the crash of L33 at Wigborough on
September 1916 as told by the Wigborough Community Group. The booklet has a large number of period
photographs and refers to both Goldhanger and Stow Maries Flight Stations and
acknowledges DN and the Goldhanger History Group for permission to use
material from the Goldhanger Past website. Pages: 59 Location: on sale at the Mersea
Island Museum & DN |
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2016
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Life
Journeys: The Wisdom of all the Ages
Chris Thorby
wrote and published this book in the last few years of his life while
suffering from a debilitating illness. Pages: 180 |
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2019 |
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Maura
Benham and Chris Thorby Collections
A large number of historic books, booklets,
documents, old maps and hand written notes that had belonged to both Maura Benham and Chris
Thorby were donated to the village archive. Location: They are stored in a large
plastic container close the village filing
cabinet. |
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2019 |
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Mayflower
II
Peter’s last published book recalls his
experiences on board Mayflower-II during the 1957 epic voyage. It was shortly after that voyage that Peter moved
to Fish St. in Goldhanger. He later moved to Woodbridge where he spent the
rest of his life. More about… Peter Padfield Pages: 130 Location: Suffolk libraries, Ebay & Amazon |
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2020
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The Camp at Gledlang
This is Joseph Canning’s latest in a long series of novels. He
spent his childhood in Goldhanger and went to the village school. It is a
fictional tale based on Joe’s experiences as a young man when a camp was set
up near the village in 1956 for Hungarian refugees. More
about… Joe Canning and his other 11 locally based books. Pages: 280 |
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2020
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VE-75 at
Goldhanger:
World
War II local records and reminiscences
produced for the 75th anniversary of VE-Day held
on the 8-May 2020, and containing 32-pages of contributions from twelve
residents. Compiled by David Newman on behalf of the local History Group. The booklet is online here... Pages: 32 |
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2021
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O’
DORK’s NONOGON AVENTURE
The story tells the tale of Daniel O'Dork who came from the Northern English town, an aspiring young artist in 1969 who began creating strange characters. These 'comic characters' gradually became quite important in his life. Author: Pete Kennedy see...
Pete’s Blog Pages: 112 Location: Amazon Books |
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2021
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Ellacombe
Chimes – Two hundred Years
Produced by Mike Gates for the bicentenary of the
invention of the device by the Revd. Ellacombe in Bitton, Somerset. As
co-author of the EC Support
website, DN contributed seven pages to the book which can be seen online
here... Pages: 150 Location: online from Lulu here and [DN] |
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2022
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The
Goldhanger Dog
“A magical Tudor tale of two misfits”. Set in 1553
at Goldhanger,
a tiny fishing village on the Blackwater marshes. Fifteen-year-old Dela's
strange bond with animals has her branded a witch by the locals, but manages
to find sanctuary at New Hall palace owned by Princess Mary. See...
DN & others
reviews Pages: 304 Author: Wanda Whiteley |
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2022
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2022
Jubilee Programme
The 2022 Goldhanger Jubilee Celebrations events
programme produced by the Jubilee Planning Committee. Pages: 24 Location: sold locally – events list at... The 2022 Jubilee webpage |
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2022
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Past
Jubilees
A booklet produced in advance of the Jubilee to help
raise funds for local celebrations. It contained many images of previous
Goldhanger Jubilee events that are held in the archives. Pages: 32 Location: sold locally, held on this
website and [DN] |
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2024
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A Study of the Chequers Public House
in the
Village of Goldhanger
The manuscript written by Janet White in the 1990s of an architectural study
of The Chequers is and now in a machine readable
webpage format. Pages: 5 Location: here... machine readable webpage format |
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