The mother of a six-year-old Morris dancer admitted she cannot remember how his fascination with it began. Tyler, six, started taking an interest in the English folk dance at the age of three after ...

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 ...

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As well as creating some of the 20th century's most rousing classical compositions, Gustav Holst was also a influential figure in creating an 'orgy of song' in the Essex village of Thaxted. Gustav ...

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 ...

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Many reasons spring to mind as to why potential buyers are attracted to purchasing from award-winning housebuilder Charles Church, as you will discover when you visit Bellrope Gardens in Thaxted. But ...

An expert who has been visiting high streets up and down the country has praised one Essex town for its architecture.

The 19.6mm (0.7in) diameter high quality gold coin pendant is the first evidence of "elite groups of people" in the Thaxted area in the 6th Century The discovery of an early medieval gold coin pendant ...