This is St Mary’s the Virgin Parish Church in Saffron Walden, Essex. Today I made the 80 mile trip to this town to start research on my ‘Richardson’ ancestors, a number of whom got married in this church.
Saffron Walden is so named as a result of its crocuses that were farmed here in olden times – but this died out about 300 years ago when cheaper imports were made. A short history of this crop in the area is told here.
It really is a lovely, largely unspoilt, market town and was featured in the 1980’s “Lovejoy” TV series starring Ian McShane as an “enterprising” antiques dealer. I wanna go back!
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Cropped and Resized
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