Tilty: an Essex village packed-full of history
On one of my lockdown walks in Essex I discovered the joy of Tilty. Tilty is an Essex village packed full of history. It is…
Post Boxes Galore in this Local Museum
Anybody who follows me and my adventures will have discovered that I quite like post boxes. In fact, I really love them! Once you start…
Bartlow Hills – A Hidden Roman Burial Ground in Rural Cambridgeshire
Bartlow is home to a number of mounds known as Bartlow Hills – a hidden Roman burial ground, in rural Cambridgeshire. They are well-known to…
Henry Winstanley and The Eddystone Lighthouse
An Essex Born Legend who Perished with his Greatest Construction When Henry Winstanley’s merchant ship was wrecked on the Eddystone Reef in 1695, he vowed…
Abandoned Railways: Ashdon Halt Station
I find there is something intensely romantic about an abandoned railways and Ashdon Halt Station is no different. Once built to service a thriving community…
Hester Salisbury: a woman killed by a stag
This stunning seventeenth-century memorial is to Hester Salisbury who died too young, while out hunting in Stansted Park, Essex I am in love with this…
Postboxes, letter-writing and the Mail Rail
What I loved about my visit to the Postal Museum The Postal Museum celebrates the history of the Royal Mail with a large collection of…
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