Built Environment

Parks and Green Spaces

Whichers Gate Common

Whichers Gate Common

Recreation Ground

Buildings

Stansted Estate

Stansted Estate

Stansted Estate

Here is an article about Stansted Estate

Churches and Halls

Church on the Green

Church on the Green

Saint John’s Church

Here is an article about the Church on the Green

Here is an article about Saint John’s church

Parish Hall Front Elevation

Parish Hall

Parish Hall Rear Elevation

Icons

Lowering the Union Flag on the Green

Spitfire Memorial

Detail of Spitfire Memorial

Memorial for Canadian pilot, Justin Clermont.

War Memorial

War Memorial Names

War Memorial Names

War Memorial

War Memorial Names

War Memorial Names

Here is an article about the research the late Tony Cowin, former Chairman of the Historical Society,
carried out on the names on the War Memorial. 

King’s Stone

King George’s Inscribed Post Box

Here is an article about the King’s Stone

Schools

School Crossing Patrol

Front entrance to Saint John’s School

Sports Day

Headteacher Chris Chivers and teachers

Headteacher and children singing at NSPCC Christmas party

Headteacher Chris Chivers and teachers

Headteacher and children singing at NSPCC Christmas party

Here is an article about Saint John’s School

Public Houses

Staunton Arms

The Fountain

The bar in the Robin Hood

Here is an article about the village’s Public Houses

Businesses

Winnicott’s Store

Rear of Winnicott’s Store

Winnicott’s Store

Inside Winnicott’s Store

Inside Winnicott’s Store

Here is an article about the history of Winnicott’s building company

Old Forge Pottery

Old Forge Pottery

Inside Old Forge Pottery

Old Forge Pottery

Old Forge Pottery

Inside Old Forge Pottery

Here is an article about the Old Forge Pottery

Brickworks

Brickworks

Brickworks

Brickworks

Here are two articles written by local residents about the Brickworks

Services

Electricity Sub Station

Electricity Distribution

Surgery and Care Homes

Doctor’s Surgery Reception

Doctor’s Surgery Reception

Here is an article written by Dr John Harrison about the surgery

Beechwood Care Home

Beechwood Care Home

Shops

The Coffee Pot

Here is an article written by Mary Jane Lomer about the Coffee Pot Café

Drug Store

Lloyds Bank Plaque

Lloyds Black Horse

Lloyds Black Horse
in the Bank

Lloyds Bank Staff

Lloyds Bank Promotion

Post Office

Post Office

Post Office

Village Postmen

The Delicatessen

Inside the Delicatessen

Inside the Spar Castle Stores

Inside the Spar Castle Stores

Alexandrena Hair Salon

Rowlands Radio

Rowlands Kitchens and Bathrooms

Farms

Wellsworth Farm

Wellsworth Farm

Here is an article about other aspects of farming in the area.

Houses

Houses around the Green

Houses around the Green

Houses around the Green

Structures

Passenger footbridge at the station

Railway bridges

Here is an article about the railway, a short history, its buildings and rolling stock.

Public Works

Groundworks on the Green

Groundworks on the Green

Groundworks on the Green

Groundworks on the Green

Groundworks outside The Castle

Groundworks on Finchdean Road

Drainage on Castle Road

Drainage works in Castle Road

Drainage works in Castle Road

Drainage works in Castle Road

Vehicles

Library van outside The Fountain

Inside the library van

Electric milk float

Milkman on his rounds

Mobile butcher’s van

Mobile fishmonger’s van

Mobile fishmonger’s van

Mobile grocer’s van

Inside the grocer’s van

Builder’s truck

Scout van

Dust cart

Street sweeper

Drain clearance

Grass cutting on the Green

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