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The material
presented on this website is a small proportion of that held locally in the Goldhanger Digital Archive and the images
included here have a lower definition than those held in the archives. The
copyright to the website design and majority of the material on the site is
held by the Goldhanger Digital Archive. Acknowledgements for short extracts and
snippets taken from other documents and to individual contributors are given in
many places within the texts. Further acknowledgements will be readily added,
or material removed, if request by copyright holders who have not so far been
identified. Enquiries, comments, and offers of information associated with the
village history will be most gratefully received at this re-typed email
address:
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A list of local history talks given in recent years...... Talks
Recent changes: |
New in Jan
2019 |
Top
articles from the 20th century 12 special large articles in high
definition |
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New in Feb 2019 |
Local
railways in the past explore the
Maldon and Tollesbury lines |
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New in Mar 2019 |
Historic buildings in the
village, both listed & non-listed |
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New in April 2019 |
Village signs
& posters - past and present |
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Recent
Churchyard Scenes - images across the seasons |
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New in May 2019 |
Major Bill
Hopwood who participated in the
St. Nazaire raid in 1942 |
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New in June 2019 |
Dakotas over Goldhanger
added into Panoramic & 1944 news in WW-2 |
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Revised in July 2019 |
The
Chequers Inn history 1990s
architectural study added and
other revisions |
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The Higham Family extracts from a1975 booklet
on the Highams family history added |
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New in August 2019 |
Church
tower open view added to St Peters history and Bells of St
Peters |
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A Study of St
Peters Church Tower its origins and history |
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YouTube
links 5 links to recent local videos added |
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Church
Postcards recent finds added and improved image definitions |
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The Great
War addional information on the Flight Station and HMS Osea |
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Revised in Nov 2019 |
Virtual
Museum rare local Millennium plates and an earlier engraved goblet
added |
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Recent memerable village events and Phils last appearances at The Chequers |
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New in Nov 2019 |
Residents
who served in World War Two 51 have been identified so far |
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New in Jan 2020 |
Characters
sadly three recent additions |
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Mick West
local professional guitarist, his biography and his music |
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Revised in Feb 2020 |
Residents
who served in World War Two 59 have now been identified |
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Sir Gilmour
Jenkins more images added |
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New in Feb 2020 |
Maud
McMullen and family |
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2020