Manor Lane – Timbers

Timbers, Manor Lane is a Grade II 17th century building with exposed timber framing. This photograph was taken in 1939 as part of the Bushnell Collection. Now a private house it was once a school and consisted of two buildings, the schoolhouse and the teacher’s...

Manor Lane – Timbers

Timbers, Manor Lane once known as The Old School House, photo taken in 1939 as part of the Bushnell Collection. A 17th century Grade II listed building with exposed timber framing. It was made from two old buildings, one the original school house and the...

Great Chesterford, Essex

This publication about the history of Great Chesterford is in three parts. The main part by Marjorie Deacon ‘Church and Parish History’, is followed by ‘Parish Records’ by I Roxburgh and ‘Change in the Latter-day Village’ by G...

Great Chesterford: The People 1600-1800, by M Deacon

Marjorie Deacon lived in Fag End Cottage (Weaver’s Cottage), Carmen Street from 1968-1979. She taught at a residential school in Ongar and was a keen local historian. She wrote three books on Great Chesterford. This one follows on from A Common Field Parish and...