Ding Ding Ding! I have a high likelihood of ancestors (Bird) from all three of the places you have mentioned. Late 1500's/early 1600's. Probably connected with the Barrington family as servants. (?) They also connect with the Bird family in Bishops Stortford, same period. Steven Bird, DMA> From: cperkes@videotron.ca> To: ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:36:24 -0400> Subject: [Ess] Great and Little Hallingbury> > Am familiar with Web sites about these two villages, near Hatfield > forest, but would be pleased to hear from people with ancestors from > these villages.> > A great-grandfather of mine emigrated to Canada from there in the > mid-1870s. It appears that his ancestors can be traced to the 17th > century.> > It is still a rural area, from what I can gather. Why would people > stay or leave in the 1870s?> > > Carolyn> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Be the filmmaker you always wanted to be—learn how to burn a DVD with Windows®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588797/direct/01/

Is this your Thomazine in 1891...? Class: RG12 Piece: 120 Folio: 117 Page: 21 Thomasine Gilson 53 Head Dressmaker Arthur Gilson 22 Son Carman Living at 128 Cleveland Street, St Pancras. Donna Essex, UK -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Helen Gulson Sent: 26 August 2008 08:58 To: Essex-UK@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ess] Thomazine Gulson - 1891 Census query Hello Listers, I am trying to find in the 1891 census, Thomazine Gulson, wife of Frederick Gulson, born in Great Totham, Essex in 1833. I can find Frederick Gulson in the 1841 return in Great Totham, 1851 in Messing, 1861 in Dover and 1871 in London with his wife Thomazine. Frederick died in 1880 and his wife Thomazine and sons Arthur & Frederick appear on the 1881 census in Marylebone. On the 1901 census, by a piece of luck I finally found Thomazine & son Frederick in St Pancras indexed as Thomazine Julson. For the life of me I cannot find Thomazine, Arthur or Frederick on any 1891 census return. I have tried all combinations of spelling without any luck and was wondering if someone on the list might have some suggestions of how I might find her. As well, Thomazine & Frederick had a daughter - Thomazine Frederica Sarah - who died in 1886. However, I have not managed to find her on the 1881 census. She would have been 20 or 21 then and may well have been married but I cannot todate find a marriage for her either. I would appreciate any suggestions. Helen Sydney, Australia

Am familiar with Web sites about these two villages, near Hatfield forest, but would be pleased to hear from people with ancestors from these villages. A great-grandfather of mine emigrated to Canada from there in the mid-1870s. It appears that his ancestors can be traced to the 17th century. It is still a rural area, from what I can gather. Why would people stay or leave in the 1870s? Carolyn

I'm a level headed person, yet on a recent visit to Stanway church I was slightly taken aback to hear a ghostly voice - a young man's - very quietly, yet unmistakably, singing a very sad hymn. Beautiful voice he had, but it sounded so sad and far away. At first I thought it had to be someone practicing in the church hall next door. Then it occurred to me that there wasn't a church hall or anything else next door and that the voice was inside the church. I'm surprised I didn't bolt for it, but I thought, no, I've come all this way to see this church and see it I shall. So I left the door open and decided I'd only make a run for it if anything materialised. It was only when a whole choir began singing quite loudly that I realised the church has piped choir music which plays continously. The tape must have been malfunctioning when I first entered the church, creating the 'ghostly' effect. Colleen

-----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Colleen <snip> If only the churches involved would stagger their open days throughout the year. Okay, here's an advance notice: Waltham Abbey's church tower is normally opened to the public (over 8's only I believe) on King Harold Day, which will be on Sat 11th October this year. A bit of advice - climb early (10am) or get swamped! See http://www.walthamabbeychurch.co.uk/index.html and http://www.kingharoldday.co.uk/ for general info. Lawrence No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1624 - Release Date: 20/08/2008 19:11

-----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Colleen Colleen said: <snip> My guess is that when Kevan says he might have errors, he's being his painfully honest self and acknowledging the possibility of 'errors' of the type above. Hear hear! All the best authors claim responsibility for any errors in their books' forewords. And anyway, how could we appreciate perfection if there were no imperfections? <snip>I initially climbed up the wrong family tree on one of my lines... I'm acutely aware of how easy it is to make such errors. Of course, there is a way to avoid these sorts of 'errors' - do local history instead of family history. That way we'll all be up the right tree whoever's it is! Anyone want an apple? Lawrence www.walthamabbeyhistoricalsociety.org.uk

Thanks Kevan. I did intend to send this to the list as well, and was wondering why it hadn't shown up yet. I agree the IGI is entirely unreliable for specific details, but as a block of data it can give interesting indications en masse as to surname distribution, both as a static snapshot and as it mutates over the years. Glad I gave you some bits to think on. Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kevan Sent: 25 August 2008 01:50 To: 'Essex-UK-L Mailing List' Subject: Re: [Ess] Littlechild, Lagden, Martin, Thomas I am adding a reply by Lawrence Greenall, it may help others, for clarity I have the Littlechild family well documented by Stephen Littlechild, Wills et al (see two volumes at the ERO in the oversize section), and many local communications - thanks Lawrence. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1624 - Release Date: 20/08/2008 19:11

Occasionally the reason they are not open when advertised is due to sudden unavailability of the volunteer/s whose turn it is & no replacement can be found. Another reason to check shortly before going is that they shut to the 'visitor' for funerals. Jo

Hi Maisie The extra middle name may very well be a clue to the identity of Mabel's father. Adding a putative father's surname in the Christian name column was a common enough practice. Nevertheless, you should not exclude other possibilities - it could have been a distant family name, or even the name of someone who had been kind to her during her "trouble". I'm a little puzzled by what you mean by "the actual census records". If you think that Mary Ann has been so horribly mistranscribed as to be unfindable through either of the online indexes to which you have access or that both of those indexes have missed her, you can work your way through the census images for Prittlewell yourself. Most online providers have this facility - let us know if you are unsure how to do it. If you take this route, make sure you check that the schedule numbers (left most column) are continuous from one page to the next. If they are not, it suggests a missing page. The other possibility is that Mary Ann was not in Prittlewell at all. If this is the case, you are going to have a very tough search on your hands if you want to do it "manually"! Is your Mary Ann SUTTON the one living with her grandfather Charles in Orsett in 1881? If so, she also seems to have a third Christian name of Eliza. Might she therefore be the Eliza SUTTON, born Orsett c1873 who is a domestic servant in North Kensington in 1891? Servants quite often had their names adapted by their masters, and I can find no other evidence of an Eliza SUTTON being born or living in Orsett prior to this time. Hope this helps Caroline > -----Original Message----- > From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tony & Maisie Vince > Sent: 25 August 2008 00:43 > To: Essex List > Subject: [Ess] 1891 Census for Essex > > I am looking for a Mary Ann Sutton who would have been 17 when the 1891 > census was taken. I subscribe to two sites where this census is on > line, and find that they are both different in many respects. I have > found people on one that are not on the other, and vice versa. One > site seems to definitely have several pages missing for Prittlewell. > > Anyway, Mary Ann was supposed to have been working in this area in > 1891. In 1893 she gave birth to an illegitimate child who was > registered as Mabel Dorothy Burgess Sutton. To my mind the Burgess part > would have been an indication as to who the father was. Family lore has > it that she was made pregnant by the son of the people who she was > working for, and that they were the Prittlewell's squire's family. > > Mary eventually married Ernest Vince(who was apparently illiterate, but > better than nothing in those days), when Mabel Dorothy was 3 years old, > and from then on the child was known as Dorothy Mabel Vince, under > which name she married. Only to die 2 months later of consumption. > > Ernest and Mary Ann are my husband's paternal grandparents, and whilst > Dorothy really has no bearing on our family genealogy, my curiosity > needs to know who she was working for, and if there was a Burgess in > the household. On one site I have found a Robert Burgess, born > Norwich.Norfolk aged 32, working as a farm servant at Chalkwell Hall, > along with 2 other female servants - neither of which are remotely like > Mary Ann. She may have arrived there after the census of curse. He does > not appear on the other on-line site. > > So, is there anyone out there who has access to the actual census > records that could look up Mary Ann Sutton aged 17, working in > Prittlewell in 1891? > > MTIA > > Maisie Vince > Australia > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK- > admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Andy Hedgecock said: "Double check that some don't already do other Open Days throughout the year. The general impression is that these places aren't open at other times, but some are. My dad found this out the hard way and went to two places that he could have gone to at any other time. He was cross!" A very good point, Andy. Another point to note is that some churches that claim to be open during the day are sometimes inexplicably closed when you visit. So it can be a good a idea to check if the church you are visiting is open, especially if you're travelling some distance. Colleen

Hi Colleen & all Double check that some don't already do other Open Days throughout the year. The general impression is that these places aren't open at other times, but some are. My dad found this out the hard way and went to two places that he could have gone to at any other time. He was cross! HTH Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Colleen To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [Ess] Heritage Open Days - 11-14 September - Essex That is also the weekend of Friends of Essex Churches fundraising 'Ride and Stride' when people are sponsored to use all manner of transport to visit as many open churches as possible. One family sails up the river Blackwater for this. Some churches will open their church towers. The list of churches that are open, including East London churches, many of which used to be in Essex prior to boundary changes, is huge and formidable: http://www.foect.org.uk/pdf/RandS/Churches%20and%20Chapels%20in%20Essex%20and%20East%20London.pdf I've been puzzling for weeks over where I should go for these open days as there are so many I would like to see, think I shall probably settle for Colchester and district. If only the churches involved would stagger their open days throughout the year. Some do, of course, Layer de la Haye had its open day yesterday, so I was able to climb up the church's - very precarious - church tower. Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Quineys" <pquiney@post.com> > The weekend 11-14 September is Heritage Open Days 2008 across the county > and country. > > For details of events and places opening their doors (for free?) in > Essex, check out http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/, then select EVENT > DIRECTORY from along the top. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Frances, I will reply on list, as others may be interested in some research that has never gone on line. The brother of Sarah Lagden, and son of Henry Lagden (born 1762), i.e. Richard Thomas Lagden : http://essex1841.com/Legacy/134.htm ; had a son with his housekeeper, a Richard 'Thomas Lagden' Banks. If memory serves me, possibly the son of Elizabeth Banks and living with him in the 1841 census. Richard Thomas Lagden was an extremely wealthy farmer, and died in 1866, reads 1869 on my tree (small error, for example). He left about £3000 to various Lagden, Littlechild, and Alderton family members, plus Richard Banks. I have received this info, and a copy of the will from a descendant of him. This will lists many family relationships. Best Kevan -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fran Vose Sent: 25 August 2008 11:07 To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Ess] ESSEX-UK Digest, Vol 3, Issue 290 = Lagden name I have a Henry Lagden b. abt. 1735 who may have been born in S. Weald. He married a MaryThomas, a minor, b. 1744-45 in Doddinghurst.. Mary died in 1791. Henry remarried to a Sarah Martin and died himself abou l807. A Hannah Lagden b. 1763 married a Jesse Pepper in 1785. This Hannah was one of the children of Henry Lagden and Mary Thomas. If anyone is interested can check my research more. Frances ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Roma, You may find the following reference on SEAX at the Essex Record Office of help, as they have filmed five volumes of the Burial Registers for the County Asylum Cemetery at Brentwood, or is this what you mean when you wrote you have been looking at Burial books on line? Q/ALc 12/4 (This volume covers the period Dec 1902 to Dec 1917) Can't help regarding gravestones though. Hope you find what you are looking for. Regards David Hello All, Whilst on the subject of burials/cemeteries, does anyone know if the Essex County Lunatic Asylum (which later became Warley hospital) definitely had its own cemetery within the grounds? I have been looking at Burial books on line which suggests it did, the words ‘Parish of' have been crossed out on the pages & 'Cemetery of'' has been inserted. I expect it is a silly question but is there likely to have been any gravestones? (I'm looking at a burial which took place in 1906). I wonder what happened to the burial area when it was developed recently. Regards Roma No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: 8/25/2008 7:05 AM

That is also the weekend of Friends of Essex Churches fundraising 'Ride and Stride' when people are sponsored to use all manner of transport to visit as many open churches as possible. One family sails up the river Blackwater for this. Some churches will open their church towers. The list of churches that are open, including East London churches, many of which used to be in Essex prior to boundary changes, is huge and formidable: http://www.foect.org.uk/pdf/RandS/Churches%20and%20Chapels%20in%20Essex%20and%20East%20London.pdf I've been puzzling for weeks over where I should go for these open days as there are so many I would like to see, think I shall probably settle for Colchester and district. If only the churches involved would stagger their open days throughout the year. Some do, of course, Layer de la Haye had its open day yesterday, so I was able to climb up the church's - very precarious - church tower. Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Quineys" <pquiney@post.com> > The weekend 11-14 September is Heritage Open Days 2008 across the county > and country. > > For details of events and places opening their doors (for free?) in > Essex, check out http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/, then select EVENT > DIRECTORY from along the top.

Andy Hedgecock said: > Wouldn't it be a good idea to correct the mistakes? You may not get people > willing to help if you're collecting 'errors'. Many of us will unwittingly, have errors of sorts in our trees. The biggest 'errors' are likely to be assumptions of paternity which cannot be proved. Few of us really know who was the father of our gt gt gt grandfather or the others on our trees, we only know what our ancestors claimed to be the case and registrars were told. So much of our research is based on assumptions of paternity that can never be verified. That issue alone must mean that genealogy is an art, not a science. Then there's the misinterpretation of data issue. I initially climbed up the wrong family tree on one of my lines with a very common surname thanks to a remarkable set of coincidences: a badly written Christian name, two families of the surname in the same town, both with similar Christian names except for one, crucial, middle name, all so apparently convincing. I'm acutely aware of how easy it is to make such errors. My guess is that when Kevan says he might have errors, he's being his painfully honest self and acknowledging the possibility of 'errors' of the type above. Colleen

Andy Hedgecock said: > Wouldn't it be a good idea to correct the mistakes? You may not get people > willing to help if you're collecting 'errors'. Many of us will unwittingly, have errors of sorts in our trees. The biggest 'errors' are likely to be assumptions of paternity which cannot be proved. Few of us really know who was the father of our gt gt gt grandfather or the others on our trees, we only know what our ancestors claimed to be the case and registrars were told. So much of our research is based on assumptions of paternity that can never be verified. That issue alone must mean that genealogy is an art, not a science. Then there's the misinterpretation of data issue. I initially climbed up the wrong family tree on one of my lines with a very common surname thanks to a remarkable set of coincidences: a badly written Christian name, two families of the surname in the same town, both with similar Christian names except for one, crucial, middle name, all so apparently convincing. I'm acutely aware of how easy it is to make such errors. My guess is that when Kevan says he might have errors, he's being his painfully honest self and acknowledging the possibility of 'errors' of the type above. Colleen

Hello All, Whilst on the subject of burials/cemeteries, does anyone know if the Essex County Lunatic Asylum (which later became Warley hospital) definitely had its own cemetery within the grounds?  I have been looking at Burial books on line which suggests it did, the words ‘Parish of' have been crossed out on the pages & 'Cemetery of'' has been inserted. I expect it is a silly question but is there likely to have been any gravestones? (I'm looking at a burial which took place in 1906).  I wonder what happened to the burial area when it was developed recently. Regards Roma (Essex, UK)   Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

I am looking for a Mary Ann Sutton who would have been 17 when the 1891 census was taken. I subscribe to two sites where this census is on line, and find that they are both different in many respects. I have found people on one that are not on the other, and vice versa. One site seems to definitely have several pages missing for Prittlewell. Anyway, Mary Ann was supposed to have been working in this area in 1891. In 1893 she gave birth to an illegitimate child who was registered as Mabel Dorothy Burgess Sutton. To my mind the Burgess part would have been an indication as to who the father was. Family lore has it that she was made pregnant by the son of the people who she was working for, and that they were the Prittlewell's squire's family. Mary eventually married Ernest Vince(who was apparently illiterate, but better than nothing in those days), when Mabel Dorothy was 3 years old, and from then on the child was known as Dorothy Mabel Vince, under which name she married. Only to die 2 months later of consumption. Ernest and Mary Ann are my husband's paternal grandparents, and whilst Dorothy really has no bearing on our family genealogy, my curiosity needs to know who she was working for, and if there was a Burgess in the household. On one site I have found a Robert Burgess, born Norwich.Norfolk aged 32, working as a farm servant at Chalkwell Hall, along with 2 other female servants - neither of which are remotely like Mary Ann. She may have arrived there after the census of curse. He does not appear on the other on-line site. So, is there anyone out there who has access to the actual census records that could look up Mary Ann Sutton aged 17, working in Prittlewell in 1891? MTIA Maisie Vince Australia

Posted with permission from admin. The weekend 11-14 September is Heritage Open Days 2008 across the county and country. For details of events and places opening their doors (for free?) in Essex, check out http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/, then select EVENT DIRECTORY from along the top. There looks to be more than 70 events just in Essex ... Stock Tower Mill <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000596E> Billericay Sunday: 1400-1700 Alderford Water Mill <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000592E> Braintree Sunday: 1400-1700 Finchingfield Post Mill <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000594E> Braintree Sunday: 1400-1700 All Saints' Church <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000579E> Brentwood Saturday: 1000-1800 Sunday: 1100-1700 All Saints' Church, Hutton <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000578E> Brentwood Thursday: 1400-1700 Friday: 1400-1700 Saturday: 1000-1300 & 1600-1700 Sunday: 1430-1630 Mountnessing Post Mill <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000595E> Brentwood Sunday: 1400-1700 Thorrington Tide Mill <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000597E> Brightlingsea Sunday: 1400-1700 The Gardens of Creeksea Place <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007660E> Burnham on Crouch Sunday: Tours 1200 & 1600 The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007733E> Burnham on Crouch Saturday: Tour 1000 & 1200 & 1500 Sunday: Tour 1000 & 1200 & 1500 Pleshey Castle <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000635E> Chelmsford Sunday: Guided tours 1400, 1500, 1600 Shire Hall <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD006492E> Chelmsford Sunday: 1000-1600 EcoDIY <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007769E> Clacton Thursday: 1400-1800 Friday: 1400-1800 Saturday: 1000-1700 Sunday: 1000-1700 Coggeshall Grange Barn Open Day <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD005913E> Coggeshall Saturday: 1400-1700 Paycocke's <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD008380E> Coggeshall Saturday: 1400-1700 'Structures With Style' - Guided Tour of Colchester's Architecture <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007167E> Colchester Saturday: Tour 1500 Audley Chapel <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007182E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1400-1700 Audley Chapel <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007182E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1400-1700 Bourne Mill Open Day <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD005911E> Colchester Saturday: 1200-1700 Sunday: 1400-1700 Colchester History Alive! Performances <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007170E> Colchester Saturday: Performances 1030 & 1130 & 1230 & 1400 & 1500 & 1600 Colchester Town Hall <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007169E> Colchester Saturday: Tours 1000 & 1130 & 1245 Sunday: Tours 1000 & 1130 & 1245 Colne Light Ship <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007225E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1800 Headgate Theatre <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007187E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1000-1600 Highwoods Country Park Heritage Walk <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007219E> Colchester Sunday: Walk 1030 & 1400 Hythe Community Centre - heritage day <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007229E> Colchester Saturday: 1200-1600 Lexden Tumulus <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007194E> Colchester Saturday: 1400-1700 Sunday: 1400-1700 Mercury Theatre <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007378E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1200 MV Lotte <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007233E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1800 NADFAS at Hollytrees Museum <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007185E> Colchester Saturday: 1400-1600 Sunday: 1400-1600 Peake's House <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007820E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1000-1600 Quaker Meeting House <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007354E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1600, Children's activity 1030-1230 & 1315-1515 Roman Theatre Remains <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007165E> Colchester Saturday: 0945-1630 Sunday: 1400-1630 Sail Barge 'Fertile' <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007224E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1100 & 1300-1700 (River trip 1100-1300) Sailing Barge 'Dawn' <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007223E> Colchester Saturday: 1200-1700 Sherman's open day <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007575E> Colchester Saturday: 1400-1700 St Botolph's Church and Priory <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007196E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1400-1600 St Helen's Chapel <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007173E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1300 & 1400-1630 Sunday: 1400-1630 St John's Abbey Gatehouse <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007186E> Colchester Saturday: 1030-1600 Sunday: 1400-1600 St Leonard at the Hythe Church <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007352E> Colchester Saturday: 1100-1500 Sunday: 1430-1630 St Martin's Church <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007184E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1700 Sunday: 1000-1700 St Mary-at-the-Walls Church <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007221E> Colchester Sunday: 1200-1600, Tours 1300 & 1400 & 1500 The Dolphin House <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007231E> Colchester Saturday: 1200-1500 Thorington Hall Open Day <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD005915E> Colchester Saturday: 1030-1700 Tymperleys Clock Museum <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007163E> Colchester Saturday: 1000-1300 & 1400-1630 Davy Down Riverside Park <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000644E> Grays Sunday: 1200-1700 Aythorpe Roding Post Mill <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000593E> Great Dunmow Sunday: 1400-1700 Stebbing Old Friends Meeting House <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000641E> Great Dunmow Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1000-1600 Colne Valley Postal History Museum <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000634E> Halstead Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1000-1500 Harlowbury Chapel and Garden <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000640E> Harlow Sunday: 1100-1630 Guildhall <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD004845E> Harwich Saturday: 1430-1630 Sunday: 1430-1630 Harwich Electric Palace Cinema <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000613E> Harwich Saturday: 1000-1400 Sunday: 1000-1400 All Saints' Vicarage <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000614E> Maldon Sunday: 1200-1600 Beeleigh Rural Walkabout and Beeleigh Abbey Grounds <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD005660E> Maldon Saturday: Walk 1415 & 1545 Sunday: Walk 1415 & 1545 Beeleigh Water & Steam Mill <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000616E> Maldon Saturday: 1000-1700 Sunday: 1000-1700 Canal Boat Shuttle Between Maldon and Beeleigh <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD005778E> Maldon Saturday: On the hour from Tescos 1100-1600; On the half hour from Beeleigh Lock 1130-1630 Sunday: On the hour from Tescos 1100-1600; On the half hour from Beeleigh Lock 1130-1630 Maeldune Heritage Centre <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000620E> Maldon Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1000-1600 Maldon District Museum <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007174E> Maldon Saturday: 1400-1700 Sunday: 1400-1700 Maldon Riverside History Walk <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000623E> Maldon Saturday: Walk 1100 & 1400 Sunday: Walk 1100 & 1400 Maldon's Medieval Market <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007330E> Maldon Saturday: 1000-1600 Old Church of St Peter, Wickham Bishops <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007360E> Maldon Sunday: 1100-1600 St Giles Leper Hospital <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD003253E> Maldon Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1000-1600 St Peter's Old Church <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000648E> Maldon Sunday: 1100-1600 The Heritage Play <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD003557E> Maldon Saturday: 1630 for 1700 start The Moot Hall <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000628E> Maldon Saturday: Tour 1100 & 1215 & 1330 & 1445 & 1600 Sunday: Tour 1100 & 1215 & 1330 & 1445 & 1600 The Museum of Power <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD003249E> Maldon Saturday: 1000-1700 Sunday: 1000-1700 The White Canon's Walk <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD005675E> Maldon Saturday: All day Sunday: All day Thomas Plume's Library <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000629E> Maldon Saturday: 1000-1200 & 1400-1600 Sunday: 1400-1600 Proofing House <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000636E> Purfleet Thursday: 1000-1630 Sunday: 1000-1630 The Royal Magazine for Gunpowder <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD000637E> Purfleet Thursday: 1000-1630 Sunday: 1000-1630 Tilbury Fort <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007473E> Tilbury Saturday: 1000 - 1700 Tilbury Riverside Trail <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD006494E> Tilbury Saturday: 1000-1700 Tours TBC Blue Mills Mill <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD005663E> Witham Saturday: Tour 1030 & 1230 & 1430 Sunday: Tour 1030 & 1230 & 1430 St Mary's Chapel <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007305E> Witham Saturday: 1000-1600 The Church of St Nicholas <http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD007306E> Witham Saturday: 1000-1600 Sunday: 1000-1600 One which caught my eye was PLESHEY CASTLE, usually only open by prior appointment. Unfortunately, I'm at a family gathering at another Heritage Open Day special in another county so I will miss out on it again :-( I'm sure that there is something for everyone wherever you are based (within England) Feel free to pass on the link :-) Heather

I have a Henry Lagden b. abt. 1735 who may have been born in S. Weald. He married a MaryThomas, a minor, b. 1744-45 in Doddinghurst.. Mary died in 1791. Henry remarried to a Sarah Martin and died himself abou l807. A Hannah Lagden b. 1763 married a Jesse Pepper in 1785. This Hannah was one of the children of Henry Lagden and Mary Thomas. If anyone is interested can check my research more. Frances