I have quite a few postcard images of Soranks Manor, Fairseat, or The Manor as it is referred to on some of the images. I thought it interesting to put them together to see the evolution of the garden. I don't have a date for the last image, but presume it to be the latest one.
I haven't seen this old postcard before. It shows the lovely view from the footpath by the War Memorial, which runs up the hill and over the fields to Hodsoll Street. I know it well, as I used the footpath to walk my son to and from Stansted school between 2006 - 2012. And it is still a highlight on any walk around the village. It is a great spot to watch the sun set. The field was then full of some kind of crop, whereas it has been grass for as long as I've lived here. The trees are in full leaf so must be taken one summer, many years ago.
Note 1: this image is also on the wonderful Stansted and Fairseat History Society website. They caption it as "Stansted prior to 1920 when the cottages opposite the School were built"
Note 2: I saw this postcard, and another of Stone Rocks in Stansted, for sale on the US Ebay site. It was located in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. I wonder if it was taken by a resident who emigrated out to the US, as a memory of home?
Gosh, long time since I posted. Haven't found anything interesting for ages. But this postcard of The Black Horse popped up a while ago, which I haven't seen before. It looked so different I had to check it really was our Black Horse, but windows and doors all match. Never knew it was once called The Black Horse Hotel.
Found this postcard of the inside of Standted Church purporting to be 1920s era.
Two versions of an old Poscard of Stone Rock, Stansted. I wonder what the origins of the name of the house are? Is there a big rock somewhere on the property?
Front and back of an Ebay postcard find. Postmark dated 1907. See here for another view of the house and more information on it.
