HENHAM HISTORY
5th July 1860 Little Henham Lodge 16th Aug 1877 Wood End Green Farm


BUILDINGS
Bacons Farm Blossom Hill Birds Farm Barn Bury Cottage - by Michael Cornell
Bury Lodge Bury Manse Coopers Hall Fitzwalter Place
Forres / Forge Cottage The Gilbey Estate Henleys Henham Hall
Henham House Mill House Mount House Henham Lodge Documents
Keyham House Listed buildings, monuments, sites etc Pennington Hall Poplar Hall
Prompt Corner Springate Cottage Stone Cottage Timber-framed Buildings
The White House Wood End Cottage Wood Farm, Pledgdon Heydon House


HISTORIC DETAILS
Historic Finds The Fitzwalter Barony The Swing Riots A Domesday Des Res
Essex Feet of Fines Elizabeth I Hunting in Henham Wood    
Henham Estate Ownership      


WAR
Unveiling the Memorial War Memories Enlisted Military WW2 Village Bomb Shelters
WW1 evacuation plan for Essex Memorials WW2 Evacuees Service Personel
The Mangold family evacuation Remembrance Sunday Ann Carter WW2 evacuee memories John Evans WW2 evacuee memories


WRITTEN ACCOUNTS
Village Shops Memories pt1 - by Grenville Bird Memories pt 2 - by Grenville Bird Early 20th century life
'A Summer's Day Before The Zeppelins Came' Bryan Goodchild - 'My Journey Begins' Timothy Johnston - 'Lost Eden' Local History Introduction
'Peter Ventures Forth' A Walk Through Henham Henham in 1895 Thomas Wright
Bits and Bobs John King    
       




CHURCHES
St Mary's Intro Tour Rectors & Vicars Misc Images
Porch Boards Chickney Church Windows
Memorials Paintings Font Heraldry
Bells Bellringing    
       


GENEALOGY

BIRTHS - alphabetical list of surnames of baptisms at St Mary's for 1539 - 1848

Births A Births Ba Births Be - Br Births Bu - By
Births C - D Births E -J Births K - O Births P - R
Births S Births T - V Births W - Y  
       
Births, Church Registers Index St Mary's, Henham Church Registers data 1539-1930 Indecipherable List of Surnames of Baptisms for 1540 - 1883 IGI Births in Henham after 1838
IG1 in Henham before 1538      
Births, Deaths and Marriages Outside of Henham Church Registers of Christenings, Marriages & Burials 1539 - 1930 Independent Chapel Records  
       
MARRIAGES      
St Mary’s Parish Church - Marriages 1539 - 1837 IGI post 1838 marriages Boyd's Marriage Index Clandestine Marriages and Births
One Special Day at St Marys      
       
DEATHS, BURIALS & GRAVESTONES      
St Mary's Burials 1539-1679 St Mary's Burials 1680 - 1871 St Mary's Burials 1930 - 1989 Findmypast post 1838 deaths
Independent Chapel 1806 - 1829 National Burial Records 1539-1600 National Burial Records 1601-1700  
National Burial Records 1701-1800 National Burial Records 1801-1878    
       
St Mary's Gravestones 1 St Mary's Gravestones 2 St Mary's Gravestones 3 CANNING family gravestones
       


WILLS
       
Wills part 1 Wills part 2 Wills part 3 Wills part 4
Wills part 5 Wills part 6    


FAMILIES
Families A - Z (general) Baker The Balaam family and The Bell PH Brand
Bentley Bishop Benson police officer  
Ann Carter, evacuee Camp family letters Milkman Camp  
Joshua Camp pt 1 Joshua Camp pt 2 Joshua Camp pt 3 Joshua Camp pt 4
Costons and Snow Dennis / Dennison Farrington Fitzwalter
Frost family Giblin Family Ingold Jennings / Tennings
King Family Little and Prior Mansfield Milbank / Millbank
Moore Family Lydia Neville nee Snow Ken Newland Nottage family
Pennington Marshall Family    
Smith Family Snow Family Staines Stanes Stannard Family
Gill Turner Turner Family Wills    
White Family Willett Family Willett Pictures Willis and Saggs
  Yarrow Family Speller Family Westwood Family
       


FAMILY WEBSITES
Bush Cowell Heard Sage
Stallibrass Stone Yarrow  
Family History Research      


HENHAM LIFE
The Old Primary School Reminiscences of Henham School Henham Inmates of Workhouses  
Field Names of Henham Landowners of Henham in 1873 Tithe Awards 1840 Medieval Year
Henham Maps 1 Henham Maps 2 Henham's Greens Henham's Ponds
Apprentice Duties Walks Village Shops Public Houses
Fingerposts M11 Motorway    


'THE GIN & TOFFEE LINE' (The Elsenham to Thaxted train aka 'The Thaxted Flyer")
Trains - Elsenham/Henham Elsenham Station Modern Elsenham Station Train - Henham to Thaxted
Thaxted Station Trains - Posters and Rolling Stock Railway Bylines Posters and Information including views.
You Tube Thaxted Flyer video      


HENHAM NEWSPAPERS
1700 to 1793 1800 to 1864 1865 to 1899 1900 to 1919 1920 to 1955 Chickney Newspapers 1900 -1940


PUBLIC RECORDS

CENSUS RECORDS FOR HENHAM AND CHICKNEY
1841 1851 1861 1871
1881 1891 1901 1911 pt 1
1911 pt 2 1918 & 1929 Electoral Register for Henham 1939 National Register Census Stats 1801 - 1961
Chickney Censuses British Historical Population Reports Hearth Tax  
       

NATIONAL RECORDS
Essex Record Office - SEAX pt 1, SEAX pt 2, SEAX pt 3, SEAX Listed Monuments Calendar Rolls Calendar Deeds 1618-1879
Public Record Office (PRO) Hertfordshire County Archives & City of London Archive Land Tax 1798  
The Manor of Henham Hall 1 The Manor of Henham Hall 2 The Manor of Henham Hall 3  


UTTLESFORD DEMOGRAPHICS
Uttlesford Demographics Index 1991 Essex Census Uttlesford English Heritage Sites Uttlesford Census Data
Uttlesford Parishes Populations 1801 to 1971 A DataDay Snapshot Population of NW Essex 1808 to 1901 Uttlesford Census 1831
Catastrophe & Natural Recovery      


DIRECTORIES
Post Office Trade Kelly's Directory 1902 White's Directory 1848 Telephone Directory


PHOTOGRAPHS
Celebrations Children Churches Shops Life in Henham
Pubs Oh Well Old Friends Streets 1 Streets 2
Vernons Close / Vernon Close 50th Paintings Old Friends Cutts Loose Spring
Autumn Winter Summer Dramatic Society Agriculture
Properties in Henham 1 Properties in Henham 2 Properties in Henham 3 Properties in Henham 4 Aerial Photographs
1950s Fete Video        
2006 Fete 2013 Fete 1 2013 Fete 2 2013 Fete 3 2013 Fete 4
2013 Fete 5 2014 Fete 1 2014 Fete 2 2014 Fete 3 Cake Competition 2014 Fete 4 Cars
2014 Fete 5 Dog Competition 2014 Fete 6 Dog Show 2014 Fete 7 Tug of War 1981 38 colour photos of Henham taken from a helicopter  
         
         
Pantomime 2014 Pantomime 2016 Postcards 1 Postcards 2 Postcards 3
         
Reverse of postcards        
         
Images 1 Images 2 Images 3 Images 4 Images 5
Images 6 Images 7 Images 8 Images 9 Images 10
         
         


JOYCE WINMILL - Joyce was a local historian and produced a number of talks and audios relating to the parish of Henham

The Lands of Henham The Buildings of Henham The Manor of Henham  
       
       
Audio and Video Material - some of them take a few minutes to download      
Mrs Grey talks about Old Mead FarmParsonage Farm Rogues and Vagabonds The Poor House Footpaths
Court Records (1500s) Tax Sessions Turners Dragon
Mrs Grey tallks to Miss Winmill Court and Buildings Drove Roads Vestry Registers
You Tube Videos      


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