Area: "High Country History Group" Journal No. 40

Journal No 40, quite a milestone for a rural historical society, was issued in June 2011.  Topics covered included:

-          Thomas Luther and Stapleford Tawney School

-          Kellys Directory of Essex 1933 – Stapleford Tawney

-          William Byrd, and the Authorised Version of the Bible (see http://williambyrdfestival.blogspot.com/2011/03/av-william-byrd-stondon-massey-and.html or http://blackmorehistory.blogspot.com/2011/04/stondon-massey-william-byrd-and.html )

-          Successful Stondon Byrd Festival Gains International Reputation (see http://williambyrdfestival.blogspot.com/2011/05/william-byrd-festival-gains.html)

-          The Rat and Sparrow Club

-          Snippets from the Press (Greensted)

-          West Essex Association for the Preservation of Game

-          A table of Customary Dues and Fees

-          William Frith Horner

-          Ongar Union

-          Memories of the Forties and Fifties Around Ongar.

-          Chipping Ongar