Please
Note - 'Villa Dig' has been ongoing for many years - 'Village
Dig' was over two days - We have also undertaken 'Roman Coffin
Site Dig', but this is not active at the moment ..
Over
75 people worked over two days digging up various lawns
in the village, and I'm pleased to say the results proved
excellent, some great finds, the best being the remains
of a Saxon Hall House ..
The History
Society had hoped to buy, at market price, ie: meet any other
offers and pay for transport, the old PortaCabin from the
School, sight it in a position in the village, use it as a
village museum and let other village groups use it , but the
PTA sold the building to a commercial company..
The
photo, taken 18th Feb 2007 , shows part of the building being
removed ..
MAY
OPEN AFTERNOON MAY 13th Little
Hallingbury Village Hall
It
was wet, it was sunny ..
I would like to
thank the hundreds of people who braved the downpours and the
wind to come and visit us - THANKS A LOT - the turnout was
fantastic - and a very, very special thank you to everybody
outside - WELL DONE.
The above photos
are just a tiny, tiny sample of all the photographs I took -
if you would like high quality versions of a few or the lot,
please let me know, email link below, I took the above
pictures before the crowds came, it was almost impossible
after 2pm..
LITTLE HALLINGBURY VILLAGE HALL Sunday
May 14th 2006 ..
Many
thanks to the 100's - we think 200 at a minimum is not
overstating the visitors we had the pleasure to welcome.
Also very special thanks to the wonderful team from
Saffron Walden Museum who put on a great display and I
hope enjoyed themselves meeting all our members and
guests.
Also
a big thanks to all the helpers and members who displayed
their treasures - their records - their photographs and
worked in the kitchen, on the many stalls, to make the
occasion so special .
Lastly,
thanks for your visit to the Exhibition and to this
website. John and Sue.
Saffron Walden
Museum arranged a display of local archaeology including
our IRON AGE BURIAL URNS.
Finds prior to Archaeological excavations
undertaken by Little Hallingbury History Society.
3 Late Iron Age Pots, evidently from cremation burials just
before or around the time of the Roman Conquest.
Part of a late Iron Age
cemetery, records indicate many more pots were found
originally but were lost or broken.
Wallbury is an Iron Age fort with double ditches. It is
thought to have been constructed around 400 BC with a second,
later phase of re-settlement around 25 BC.
Lead coffin from Hallingbury villa, in collections of Harlow
Museum.
Pottery found in pit at Tilekiln Green, between Stane Street
and the railway.
Amphora found at Harps Farm and exhibited to Essex Field Club
in 1887.
Skeleton found in coffin of oolite (limestone) slabs in 1944,
in a gravel pit near the River Stort at South House Farm.
In 1950 Roman tiles, wall plaster, pottery and other finds
were recorded nearby, on a site just above the river's flood
plain.
We have a
very good selection of Databases - Births - Census
Returns - Etc ..
Our friends
at Hatfield Heath took a small group us on a tour of
their village, where we found the remains of a bombard.
The Blacker
Bombard was invented by Col. Blacker and developed as part of
Churchill's 'Toy Shop' to create cheap and easily produced
weapons (after most of the British Army's heavy equipment had
been lost at Dunkirk). It fired a 20lb high explosive mortar
bomb, propelled by black powder. It had an effective range of
c. 100yds in its anti-tank role and up to 450yds when firing
a lighter anti-personnel bomb.
If you would like to join or renew
your membership, please send your renewal to Sue Meyer at
Anvil Farm.
Cheques should be made payable to
Little Hallingbury Village History Society.
