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For many years, Sheila Rowley's three volume history of the village has provided a mine of information. We are now making it freely available in digital form. By clicking on the links below, you can read, print and search the original text of the books.
Copyright of these books remains the responsibility of Little Baddow Historical Society. In choosing to download these books, you agree that they are for your personal use and research, and that they will not be used for any commercial purpose.
Paper copies of volumes I and III are still available from the Centre at £5 each, while stocks last.
We have a gift shop, a good supply of secondhand books, and our own range of publications. Something for everyone! Come and take a look!
Available at £10.00 each
Little Baddow: a century of village life gathers together the memories of residents of the village to produce an image of life here in the 20th century. There are twenty six contributors, each offering a particular perspective on village life. It was put together during 1998 and 1999 as a way to mark the millennium, and published by the Little Baddow Historical Society.
It is illustrated by a range of images taken from the Parish Chest.
Available at £8.99
It combines historical information with watercolour illustrations to give a flavour of life in the villages.
The second and third volumes are available at £10 for a printed copy, while the first is now available on CD for only £4.
They are available at £7.50 each.
And for those of you inclined to raise a glass to the man who gave his name to The Generals Arms public house, there is the account by Julian Whybra of the life of General Strutt, entitled The General, at £4.99
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For
information about families and houses in the village, John Bundock's
book They Lived Here For a Time gives a detailed account of
who lives where, through the second part of the 19th century and the
early years of the 20th. He has also produced transcriptions of 53
wills, from 1500 to 1857, where the testatrix has identified himself
or herself as coming from Little Baddow. Entitled Sick in Body,
Perfect of Memory, it gives a fascinating insight into the
history of the village and its families. An earlier volume,
giving wills from 1800 to 1857, entitled Of Sound and Disposing
Mind is also available.
Around
Danbury and Little Baddow is written and
illustrated by Jill Goodson.
We
also have two books for sale which focus on the United Reformed
Church. One offers a history of the Church, the other a beautifully
illustrated account of wildlife through the seasons in the
churchyard.