Friday, March 14, 2014

Borough Green history blog

Click here for blog on Borough Green

Found this on the web, lots of photographs and information on our neighbouring 'big' village of Borough Green.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Fairseat Folk Dance Society (F.F.D.S.)



http://hartleymorrismen.btck.co.uk/StanstedMorrisMen

Just found a great site with some really nice history on the Fairseat Folk Dance Society (F.F.D.S.), which came into being in the Summer of 1934. Click the line above to be taken to the page.

Winter storms of 2013/14 damage - tree clearance on Malthouse Road

Quite a few large and small trees came down during the wet winter of 13/14 - the wettest on records since records began. Many were conifers. Click the link below to see a video of the clearance of several huge conifers which came down at The Malt House, Malthouse Road, completely blocking the road for quite a few days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNW2SqdjCS8

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Time lapse photography looking towards Hodsall Street


The View Project - A photograph (nearly) every day for a year, looking towards Hodsall Street. If you have 8 minutes of your time to waste, watch my not very expertly done changing seasons time lapse of 2013. Warning: it's boring, not a lot happens. Highlights are tractors, and the poo pit removal man!

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Stansted Church in the snow.

Google+ is a strange thing. It has done this (click link below) to one of my photos. I never intentionally gave it the photo, nor asked it to make it snow, but look what it has done - it's really rather lovely!

Stansted church in the snow.

Monday, March 3, 2014

1842 apportionment of the rent-charge in lieu of tithes in the Parish of Stansted.


Click link below to find apportionment of the rent-charge in lieu of tithes in the Parish of Stansted. Received by the Tithe Commissioners 27th September, 1842. Lots of historical names and information. This has been put up by Frank Bamping of West Kingsdown 1.4.2004.
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Maps/STS/02.htm