Programme

Our 2023 programme: 23 Feb: '1926' - our speaker is our Chairman, Martyn Lockwood. 23 Mar: Annual General Meeting. 27 Apr: 'John Ray' - Jennifer Rowland. 25 May: Napoleonic Invasion Plans - Neil Wiffen. 22 Jun: 'Jersey under the Jackboot: the occupation of Jersey during WW2' - Patrick Griggs. 27 Jul: 'The Life and Times of William Byrd (c1540-1623): A Local History' - Andrew Smith. 26 Oct: 'The Prison at Hill Hall' - Anne Padfield. 23 Nov: Pre-Christmas meeting. Talk to be confirmed. Admission: Members £1, Non-members £5 Annual Membership: £15 (Family: £30)

Thursday 9 November 2017

ESAH160: Surplus Book Sale #7. Essex Review

ESAH160: Surplus Book Sale #7. Essex Review: Essex Review (1892-1957) back issues. 30p each + P&P (to be advised on application). The Essex Society for Archaeology and History...

Monday 23 October 2017

Music in the Petre Household. Thursday 26 October 2017

Thursday 26 October
8pm
High Country History Group
meet at Toot Hill Village Hall (near Green Man PH)
Where their speaker will be Lawrence Barker, Essex Record Office
talking about ‘Music in the Petre Household in the 16th century’
This will be of interest to those wanting to learn more about Stondon composer, William Byrd.
Entry for visitors, £3 including refreshments.  

Monday 2 October 2017

Sunday 30 April 2017

Car Park Immediately Next to Essex Record Office to Close

ESAH160: Car Park Immediately Next to Essex Record Office t...: Essex Record Office has informed by Chelmsford City Council that it will be closing their Wharf Road surface car park on Saturday 27  May ...

Sunday 16 April 2017

Essex Churches Then and Now. Thursday 27 April 2017

Our next meeting will be on Thursday 27 April, 8pm, when Andrew Smith, in his role as Honorary Archivist of the Essex Society for Archaeology and History, will be giving a talk drawing on two albums of Victorian church photographs in the Society’s collection: ‘Essex Churches Then and Now’.


£1 admission for members of High Country History Group. Visitors welcome, £3. Refreshments as usual at the end of meeting.  Venue: Toot Hill Village Hall. Follow signs to The Green Man from Blake Hall Crossroads on A414 Ongar / North Weald. The Village Hall is just down the road on the left as you reach the pub.

Wednesday 22 March 2017

High Country History Group AGM. Thursday 23 March 2017

Our AGM will be held on 23 March, 8pm, Toot Hill Village Hall.  All welcome.  To follow a film on rural Essex and cheese & wine.  Members: £2.  Visitors: £3

Saturday 18 February 2017

'Men of Valour: Victoria Cross winners in Essex': Thursday 23 February 2017

Our next meeting will be on Thursday 23 February, 8pm, when our Chairman, Martyn Lockwood, will speak on the subject 'Men of Valour - Victoria Cross winners in Essex'