John Webb's Windmill was built in 1804 and was in operation for more than 100 years A 221-year-old windmill is set to be restored and reopened thanks to more than £1.6m in funding. John Webb's ...

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The beautiful small town of Thaxted is situated in open countryside halfway between Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow in Essex, and is just 15 miles south of Cambridge. The name Thaxted derives from the ...

England’s folk traditions live on in the small town in rural north Essex, inspired by the Christian socialism of one “red vicar”. By Ken Worpole Each June, over a thousand Morris dancers and ...

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Most Thaxted houses are plastered, and sometimes the plaster is decorated with patterns in the local technique of pargeting. Along Town Street and running up the curve of Watling Street towards the ...

A 221-year-old windmill is set to be restored and reopened thanks to more than £1.6m in funding. John Webb's Windmill in Thaxted, Essex, was closed to the public in 2018 after eroding brickwork led to ...