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The Chapel

November 24, 2022 lizcullen 0

Little Baddow Chapel dates to the early 18th century making the building one of the oldest nonconformist churches in Essex. Nonconformism was common in East […]

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Cuckoos

November 15, 2022 lizcullen 0

Cuckoos was the site of a freehold tenement dating back to at least the 16th century and probably earlier. The present house was built during […]

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The Forge

November 5, 2022 lizcullen 0

The Forge was the site of a village blacksmith from the middle of the 19th century until well into the 20th century. Around 1850, John […]

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Graces

September 12, 2022 lizcullen 0

Graces was one of the manors of Little Baddow, dating back to the Norman conquest. It took its name from the le Gras family who […]

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Little Baddow Hall

May 23, 2022 lizcullen 0

Little Baddow Hall was the manor hall of Little Baddow. The manor, originally known as Badwen, was held by the Saxon Lord, Lewin, at the […]

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The Rodney

May 22, 2022 lizcullen 0

The Rodney was built around 1650 as a farmhouse and in the 18th century it was owned by the Hodge family. Thomas Hodge, born in […]

Hooker and Eliot

November 24, 2019 lizcullen 0

Thomas Hooker was a Puritan minister who became lecturer at St Mary’s, Chelmsford (now the Cathedral) in 1626.  His Puritan views attracted the attention and […]

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Washington Foundation

November 24, 2019 lizcullen 0

Thanks to the generosity of Su Washington and the Washington Foundation, the Centre has received a wonderful collection of Robert Johnson Washington’s pots and drawings, […]

How to find us

November 24, 2019 lizcullen 0

Chapel Lane, Little Baddow, CM3 4BE The History Centre is located behind the Cart Lodge in the grounds of the United Reformed Chapel, on the […]