Hempstead
Village Archive
Village Archive

18th Century 19th Century 20th Century 21st Century
Dick Turpin The Harvey Family The Harding Family Historical Records
St. Andrew's Church Magazines and Leaflets Hempstead Pubs War Memorial
Ring of Trees Yeomans Anso Corner Cottage Property Sales
Then & Now Old Maps Photographs Postcards

Hempstead Timeline
YearEvent
1086Hempstead mentioned in the Domesday Book. 22 villagers, 10 smallholders, 200 pigs
1094Charter of William II. Church in Great Sampford with Chapel of Ease in Hempstead.
1615First Hempstead map
1657Death of William Harvey
1678Post Mill built
1705Baptism of Dick Turpin
1739Dick Turpin hangs in York
1785Bread Riots in Saffron Walden
1790Great Hempstead Oak dies
1842Tithe map produced
1854Village School built - now the Village Hall
1862Rutland Almshouses built
1865Saffron Walden railway opens
1877Local OS map available
1882Church Tower collapses
1960Church Tower Finally re-built
Hempstead Oak replanted
1964Saffron Walden railway closes
1972Hempstead wins new Essex Local Amenity Society Award for its Village Journal
2000Hempstead Tapestry created
Oak planted at the top of the Glebe for the Queen's Golden Jubilee

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