Victorian Spinning Top

An early 20th century wooden spinning top which belonged to Janet Holman/Clark/Hamilton when she was a child living in Holman’s, the village shop owned by her parents from 1920-1945. For more information on the shop see IR12 “A Village Shop 1920-1945: Good...

Horticultural Society Cup

EPNS Cup awarded to John Miller in 1963 from the Gt and Lt Chesterford Horticultural Society after the annual flower show. It was presented to him by E C Nichols, a butcher in Carmel St.

James Burleigh’s Bank Book

James Burleigh (1828-1885) was a farmer and maltster who lived with his family  in Carmelstead, Carmel Street. He farmed 105 acres with seven labourers. He banked with Gibson’s Bank, Saffron Walden and the book covers the period 1862-1873. It records payments to...

Edward Humphrey

Black and white framed photograph of Edward Humphrey, chauffeur to the Stuarts of Chesters. The car is a French Darraco from 1906.On the right hand side is a short biography of Edward’s life.

Morris Dancers

Morris Dancers outside the Crown and Thistle in the 1970s