Books

SLHS PUBLICATIONS TO DATE

HIGH WYCH HISTORY IN PICTURES
A richly photographic and historical record of the village of High Wych, past and present.

THE CHANGING FACE OF SAWBRIDGEWORTH
Reflections on the changing face of Sawbridgeworth by Harry Speller, written in 2009, but describing change from the 1920s to the 21st century.

SAWBRIDGEWORTH TOWN MILL: A MILLENNIUM OF MILLING AND MALTING
The story of Sawbridgeworth Town Mill (now known as Burton’s Mill) from the Domesday Book to the fire in 1975 and its transformation into private housing in the 1980s.

ALLOTMENTS IN SAWBRIDGEWORTH AND HGH WYCH, THEN AND NOW
‘Allotments enable a return to a real time-real place, slower, more peaceful and quieter, which is also productive.’

HIGH WYCH, SAWBRIDGEWORTH AND THE GREAT WAR
A book written by SLHS members to commemorate the end of the Great War in November 1918, focussing on how the War affected the lives of the residents of High Wych and Sawbridgeworth.

THE STORY OF SAWBRIDGEWORTH
Reprinted by SLHS, this is the combination of three booklets issued by the Workers’ Education Association between 1966 and 1970.

RIVERS NURSERY OF SAWBRIDGEWORTH: THE ART OF PRACTICAL POMOLOGY
Elizabeth Waugh’s book about the Rivers Nursery and its continuing international and local reputation.

WHERE THE LYSANDERS WERE
Paul Doyle’s book, reprinted by SLHS, about the history of RAF Sawbridgeworth at Shingle Hall.