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A Galleywood Diary
Galleywood is a village 3 miles
south of the town of Chelmsford, Essex and about 30 miles north east
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EARLY IN 1995, the Galleywood Parish Council decided to appoint a Local History
Recorder. Whilst the deliberations of the Council itself were
adequately documented in the Minutes of their meetings, the members
felt that some record of other happenings in the Parish should be
created which might, in due course, be of interest to a wider
audience. My mere twenty five years as a local resident hardly equipped me
with the depth of recall that many others could boast, but I was
intrigued by the project and so decided to take up the challenge. I
saw the need to produce an ongoing record that would be reasonably
up to date at any moment in time. History doesn't come to a
standstill - it's happening all the time - so this Diary will try to
keep pace with events as they occur. It begins in 1987 with the
separation from the Parish of Great Baddow and the formation of the
Galleywood Parish Council. Records of the Ecclesiastical Parish
extend back much further in time of course, and in the intervening
years the requirements of Local Government have set out boundaries
for civil administration which no longer enclose a similar area.
Today, the two
Parishes overlap between Galleywood Common and
Galleyend and from Bakers Lane to Deadmans Lane. The Ecclesiastical
Boundary extends westwards towards White's Bridge, whilst the Civil
Parish spreads nearly to Howe Green in the East. Your recorder makes
no apology for occasionally stepping over the lines marked on the
maps of these two Parishes in his pursuit of `Local Interest'.
The pages that follow have been set out with the aim of providing a
series of "snapshots" of life in the Parish. More of a list to
browse through rather than a continuous narrative to take to bed and
devour; I hope that the bold headings will catch the eye of the
casual reader.
I make no claim to offer a comprehensive diary of every event of
note. Historians have long been criticised for their selective
recording of events and I'm sure that this will be no exception.
David Stacy
Local History Recorder
1987 - 2007
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