Recreation Ground Deed of Trust

On the 21st December 1925 the land known as Little Field was sold to the Trustees by the Rev Robert Doble, acting for the Church, to be held in trust for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Great Chesterford as a recreation ground. It was signed by all the...

Vicarage, College, Country Club, Bishop’s House

Photograph of the Vicarage in its second incarnation as Chesterford College, a cramming college for well-heeled young men preparing for entry to Oxford or Cambridge.  Started by the Rev Robert Doble with the help of Richard Tothill, it had 16 bedrooms and charged 60...