Old Images of Halstead, Essex

Glimpse history through old images of Halstead, Essex, London.

Halstead in WW1

During the Great War, now known as World War I, a filmmaker recorded the Essex Girl Guides parade through Halstead's High Street.

Essex Girl Guides - Consecration Of The Colours At Halstead (1914-1918) - British Pathé on YouTube

Mr Baldwin 1935

It's a shame we don't see where this meeting was held or the buildings around the large crowd. But it shows the Prime Minister making a speech in Halstead about preserving prosperity and permanent peace.

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, PC (Can), JP, FRS (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947) served as British prime minister on three occasions for Conservative governments:

May 1923 to January 1924
November 1924 to June 1929
June 1935 to May 1937

Mr Baldwin addresses a crowd at Halstead (1935) - British Pathé on YouTube - no longer on YouTube

Halstead in the 1990s

Twenty five minutes of a home movie captures the shops, businesses and homes of Halstead's streets in the 1990s.

Halstead in the 90's - Mick Brown on YouTube

A Bit of Halstead History

Extract from:

Leigh's New Pocket Road-book of England and Wales …,

by Leigh and Co

Published in 1840

Pages 339 - 340

Halstead (Essex), so called from two Saxon words, signifying a healthy place, is situated on a rising ground, with the foot of it washed by the Colne. The Church (St. George) contains several ancient monuments, and there is a good Grammar school.

In a house in this parish, there is a curious Greek inscription brought from Smyrna, where it was erected 150 years before Christ in honor of Crato, a musician.

Population of the parish is 4637.

Inns: George, King's Arms.

About two miles from Halstead is Gosfield Hall, which belongs to the Duke of Buckingham. It's an interesting specimen of ancient architecture and contains, among other objects worthy of notice, a gallery called Queen Elizabeth's, in commemoration of her having twice visited this place. Additionally, there is a curious stone chimney-piece sculptured with a representation of the battle of Bosworth Field and small statues of Henry VII. and his Queen.

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