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News
10 October 2023 / 21 June 2024 by Gill Munro
David Mead was a long-serving member of the Society. His widow, Hazel, our Chairperson, has written a lovely tribute telling us about his life. This was published in the Bishops’ […]
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Sawbridgeworth People
26 July 2023 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
World Wars
27 October 2022 / 21 June 2024 by Elizabeth Waugh
This is a collection of articles about the Mathams Wood site that look at its history from the fourteenth century manor to twentieth century airfield. Please contribute if you know […]
Articles Churches
16 October 2022 / 21 June 2024 by The Editor
John Sly has kindly given us access to an article he has written about Sawbridgeworth. It was published in Medal News, August 2010.
Articles Sawbridgeworth People
20 June 2022 / 21 June 2024 by The Editor
An article by Tim Howard-Smith. The Unwin Family of Sawbridgeworth
15 June 2022 / 21 June 2024 by The Editor
6 October 2021 / 21 June 2024 by The Editor
Dave Mead has written an article about the origins of Nostalgia Day.
World War 2
28 August 2021 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
Stan Kempthorne was an inhabitant of High Wych who spent some time in a prisoner of war camp during World War Two.
Parish Magazines and Town Guides
1 July 2021 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
Theo van de Bilt has written a new article on The Banner of Faith which contained the parish magazine of Great St Mary's church.
8 June 2021 / 21 June 2024 by David Royle
‘The Future of Local Government’: a speech by Mr E. B. Barnard M P at the Shaftesbury Hall, Sawbridgeworth on 14 November 1907 Note Edmund Broughton Barnard OBE JP DL (16 February 1856 to 27 January 1930) according to Wikipedia, was a British Liberal politician, landowner and sportsman. He was an original member of Hertfordshire County Council from 1888, serving on and chairing many different committees and becoming its chairman in 1920 and an Alderman. He was chairman of the County Council's Education Committee and took a strong stand in favour of the retention of village schools, emphasising their importance to the preservation of village life. Barnard also served on Sawbridgeworth Urban District Council and was its chairman between 1905 and 1907. He died suddenly, aged 73, during a meeting of the Hertfordshire County Council, which he was chairing, on 27 January 1930 in London in the Law Society's hall.
2 June 2021 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
Theo van de Bilt has been researching people of colour living in the Sawbridgeworth area in the past and he found George Ottea who worked as a butler at Terlings Park in Gilston. He was working there in 1891 according to the census.
14 April 2021 / 21 June 2024 by David Royle
Scanned from Sawbridgeworth Parish Magazine 1935 to 1938
3 February 2021 / 21 June 2024 by Elizabeth Waugh
This is an overview of the Zoom talk given by Liz Waugh last week on behalf of the Sawbridgeworth Local History Society.
2 February 2021 / 21 June 2024 by The Editor
This is an article by Hazel Mead which was published in the January 2021 edition of The Sawbridgeworth Flyer.
27 January 2021 / 21 June 2024 by The Editor
We have been scanning copies of the Parish Magazine. David Royle was looking at the magazine from 1935 to 1938 and has written two articles.
4 October 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
By Theo van de Bilt October 10th marks the 80th anniversary of the bomb that caused damage and death on Cambridge Road
2 October 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
Scanned from Sawbridgeworth Parish Magazine 1960 to 1976
Town Twinning
23 September 2020 / 21 June 2024 by David Royle
Sawbridgeworth has another twin town in Germany – Moosburg. David Royle has written an article about the history of the town twin and a guide to it.
Have you ever wondered how and why we are involved in town-twinning? David Royle has written an article about our French twin-town with its history and a guide.
15 September 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Chris Finch
Our latest article, written by Chris Finch, is about the life of a former Sawbridgeworth resident who was adopted by a local family, met her future husband, an American serviceman, […]
Sawbridgeworth Events and Places
1 September 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
Our latest article is about the fire on the corner of London Road and Hoestock Road in 1905. It was reported nationally in the Daily Mirror.
Pishiobury House and School
14 August 2020 / 21 June 2024 by The Editor
The Black Lives Matter movement is raising awareness of the injustices done to black people because of the colour of their skin. Here in Sawbridgeworth there is evidence of the […]
1 July 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
Although Colvin did not live in Sawbridgeworth very long he had an interesting life and worth reading about.
Allotments
18 June 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Elizabeth Waugh
This article is about the history of the allotments at High Wych. The Local History Society is looking to produce a booklet on the allotments in Sawbridgeworth and the article begins with a request for experiences now and in the past from local allotment holders.
7 June 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
Two ‘forgotten’ owners of Pishiobury House, Sawbridgeworth