Beale Blackwell Colvin – Resident and short time owner of Pishiobury House
Although Colvin did not live in Sawbridgeworth very long he had an interesting life and worth reading about.
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High Wych allotments
This article is about the history of the allotments at High Wych. The Local History Society is looking to produce a booklet on the allotments in Sawbridgeworth and the article begins with a request for experiences now and in the past from local allotment holders.
Pishiobury School – the school for “naughty boys”
Later to become offices and flats.
The Museum of the Great War, Meaux, France
This article is about the visit of the Sawbridgeworth Town Twinning Association inSeptember 2018.
Sweet rationing in World War Two
This is an article compiled by David Royle in connection with the VE Day celebrations.
Camp High Wych – a home for the homeless on the old airfield
People were living in the old airfield buildings until the late 1950s. This is their story.
Sawbridgeworth cinema – now the Roman Catholic church
Many people will remember this building before it closed in 1953.
Francis Buxton – former owner of Pishiobury House and President of Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club
William Truswell – the man who “captured” Sawbridgeworth
This is an article about a photographer who had a business in Sawbridgeworth. He took many photographs of the local area, many of which were turned into postcards.
Charles ‘Charley’ Dedman – WW1 soldier
Charley Dedman was born in Sawbridgeworth in 1887 and was working in Leicestershire where he signed up for the Leicestershire regiment. He was one of the first 50 civilian volunteers to go to France. Sadly he was killed by a German bullet in the head in 1916 and was buried near Guillemont in the Somme.… Read More »