Welcome to this month’s round-up of local history and heritage in and around Blackmore, Essex.
Books for Sale
‘William Byrd: Some Notes’ is just one of many titles now available from Megarry’s Antique and Tea Shop on The Green at Blackmore (open Wednesdays through to Sundays). Judy, the owner, has given some space over to the sale of books in aid of church funds, which are £2.00 each. Megarry’s is a traditional antique shop which has tea and cake available for those who wish to stay a while. The owner has been awarded the top (five star) rating for food preparation and hygiene from the local authority. Books available also include, in an ever changing selection: ‘A Short History of Blackmore’, ‘The Bell Tower at Blackmore’ and the Church Guide Book. ‘Hatched, Matched and Despatched’, which tells the story of Blackmore’s parish registers (BMD) is out of print but the text is available online. A completely new edition will be written in due course. For more information on Megarry’s follow this link: http://www.teashopblackmore.co.uk/essex_antiques.htm
Reeve trilogy
Fascinating material has been received of the life and times of family during the early nineteenth century. Two commonplace books, one by Edward Reeve (1785 – 1867) written towards the end of his life at Ongar, and the other ‘Jottings’ (dating from 1881) by his grandson Edward Henry Lisle Reeve – Rector of Stondon Massey between 1893 and 1935 – are being edited and transcribed into three booklets which will go on sale this autumn. The project is well under way.
Blackmore Area Local History
The site continues to grow thanks to correspondence with people interested in local history and family heritage. Keeping up with postings is always a challenge given other commitment but hopefully many answers can be found by visitors.
Primarily the website (http://www.blackmorehistory.co.uk ) covers the parishes of Blackmore, Stondon Massey, Ingatestone and Fryerning but with coverage of neighbouring parishes too: Highwood and Writtle, Norton Mandeville, Willingale, High Ongar, Doddinghurst, Shenfield and Mountnessing.
The blog covers a wider area but is more focussed on those villages listed above. Follow these links to see what is available parish by parish:
Norton Mandeville (which includes Norton Heath) http://www.blackmorehistory.blogspot.com/search?q=Norton
Willingale (which includes the ancient parishes of Willingale Doe and Willingale Spain) http://www.blackmorehistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Willingale
Links
For an extensive list of links to other sites go to: http://www.blackmorehistory.co.uk/externallinks.html
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