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Pishiobury House and School
6 June 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
Later to become offices and flats.
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World War 1
6 June 2020 / 22 June 2024 by David Royle
This article is about the visit of the Sawbridgeworth Town Twinning Association in September 2018.
World War 2
6 June 2020 / 21 June 2024 by David Royle
This is an article compiled by David Royle in connection with the VE Day celebrations.
6 June 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
People were living in the old airfield buildings until the late 1950s. This is their story.
Sawbridgeworth Events and Places
Many people will remember this building before it closed in 1953.
5 June 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
Former owner of Pishiobury House and President of Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club.
Sawbridgeworth People
4 June 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
This is an article about a photographer who had a business in Sawbridgeworth. He took many photographs of the local area, many of which were turned into postcards.
15 April 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
John Wright and his Sawbridgeworth Fire Brigade website.
Articles Churches
4 March 2020 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
An article by this name was written by Herbert C Andrews in 1929. It was found a few years ago in a cabinet at Sawbridgeworth library. It gives some extremely […]
Articles Sawbridgeworth People
1 March 2020 / 21 June 2024 by The Editor
Hello again, Sheila Passfield, a churchwarden at Great St. Mary’s and an ex-pupil at Leventhorpe’s school recently wrote a nice little article about the Leventhorpe family and its relations with […]
8 January 2020 / 21 June 2024 by The Editor
Charley Dedman was born in Sawbridgeworth in 1887 and was working in Leicestershire where he signed up for the Leicestershire regiment. He was one of the first 50 civilian volunteers […]
Pubs and Cafes
30 November 2019 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
The above picture shows London Road in 1951 with on the right a sign advertising the Cosy Cafe, also known as the Cosy Rosy. To read the full article go […]
14 October 2019 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
Here come the Mosquitos - 2nd Walter Lawrence article published
9 August 2019 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
Douglas Coe has written an article listing the Fallen from Sawbridgeworth and giving their ‘back stories’. Given the fact that there is still a lot left to discover this can […]
News
17 July 2019 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
On Monday 15th July some SLHS members paid a visit to HALS, Hertfordshire Archives and Local Services and were given a tour of the premises. We saw some very old […]
29 April 2019 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
The name of Walter Lawrence brings back many memories to people in East Hertfordshire. Indeed from 1907 to 1982 a factory with that name stood at the Stort riverside and […]
12 March 2019 / 21 June 2024 by Gill Munro
The 1911 census was undertaken in April of that year. It is often referred to as the fertility census, the reason for that being that at the time eugenics had become very popular.
Hyde Hall / The Jocelyn Family
16 January 2019 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
We have another article connected to Great Hyde Hall. There is no evidence that Robert Jocelyn lived at the Hall but he is buried at Great St Mary's church and there is a bust of him above the pulpit.
11 January 2019 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
This is another article in the series about the owners of Great Hyde Hall by Douglas Coe. Robert Jocelyn died at Great Hyde Hall and was buried at Great St […]
11 December 2018 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
A recent addition to our collection of articles is about Peter Tilbury, a resident of Sawbridgeworth, who took part in Antarctic explorations.
23 November 2018 / 21 June 2024 by Douglas Coe
We have a new article on our website about Great Hyde – its history and inhabitants including ghosts and (in the 1980s) rock star Suzi Quatro. Read the full article […]
Articles
13 September 2018 / 3 December 2018 by Theo van de Bilt
In October the SLHS will publish High Wych, Sawbridgeworth and the Great War. As the title indicates the book discusses the ways in which that tragic conflict affected our communities.
Tagged
19 August 2018 / 21 June 2024 by Gill Munro
The Harlow Photos Facebook page has given us permission to use a photo posted by Jamie Fowler of the Morris and Barclay families in 1936. It shows how fox hunting […]
26 July 2018 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
His Majesty’s Motor Launch 146 which was financed through contributions from the Sawbridgeworth population in the first years of the Second World War.
14 May 2018 / 21 June 2024 by Theo van de Bilt
This article concerns the Clements family and how two young boys travelled from the Bishop’s Stortford Poorhouse all the way to Canada where they built up a new life. It […]