Hadleigh Past

£10.00

Hadleigh Past
by Ian Yearsley
With over 80 period photographs illustrations and maps
ISBN 9781860770784
Hardback £14.99 RRP
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127 pages 252m X 190mm hardback
2004 edition

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Hadleigh Past
by Ian Yearsley

Hadleigh in Essex is perhaps best known for its castle which has looked out over the River Thames from its hill-top position since the early 13th century.  However there is evidence of Norman, Saxon and even Roman occupation. By the end of the 18th Century Hadleigh was an important stop on the increasingly busy road from London to the growing seaside resort of Southend-on Sea.

In 1891 a distinct change came to Hadleigh when General William Booth of the Salvation Army bought a huge tract of land on the Hadleigh Downs to establish a farm colony for retraining the destitute from London. The farm colony grew to have a brick works and even its own railway line. There is even a hint of the dark arts with Hadleigh’s very own white witch ‘Cunning Murrell who lived in Endway just off of the High Street

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