Wimbish through the centuries
by Isabel Wiseman (1954)
Wimbish Memories
by Ben Taylor (1976)
Republished 2023 - ISBN 978-191646310-3 - Two books in one.
20cm x 13cm paperback
136 pages including 18 pages of (monochrome) illustrations and 6 maps
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The only two books so far published on the history of the village of Wimbish, (near Saffron Walden in Essex) both out of print since a few years after their publiction.
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This new edition is exactly as Isabel Wiseman & Ben Taylor wrote (but reset, not a photocopy).
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Isabel Wiseman traces the history of the village from pre-Norman times to the mid-20th century.
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She was a member of one of the longest-established Wimbish families. One of the fascinating chapters recounts the protection of a Jesuit priest in a "priest's hole" in a local manor house: something which lead a Wiseman ancestor to be condemned to death (but later pardoned)
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Ben Taylor was a lifelong resident of Wimbish. He recounts his nemories of life in Wimbish during the first three-quarters of the 20th century
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