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Halstead Museum tells the story of Halstead through the years. We have a large collections of documents and photos of Halstead and the surrounding areas.

12/04/2026

Halstead & District Local History Society have their April monthly meeting this coming Thursday (16th April) entitled “Borley Rectory, the most haunted house in England” - In 1929 National newspaper headlines declared Borley Rectory was the most haunted house in England. Bryan Thurlow will bring this account of the ghostly goings on at the Essex rectory vividly to life, covering the period between the 1840s and 1940s. It features the Reverend Smith and his wife Mabel and ghost investigator, Harry Price who was sent to the rectory to find answers to the Smith's paranormal problems - but was this so-called expert all he professed to be?
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below.

15/03/2026

Halstead & District Local History Society have their March monthly meeting this coming Thursday (19th March) entitled “The Goose and the Common, a People’s History in Song” when we welcome back Phil Lyons from Colchester, with an examination of how contemporary folk songs can be a window into British Social History of the 18th and 19th Century. Topics include highwaymen, enclosure, the seafaring life and industrial change. Phil will also be singing some examples.
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below.

15/02/2026

Halstead & District Local History Society have their February monthly meeting this coming Thursday (19th February) entitled “Roman Life/ Dining” when Richard Bale will tell us about what the Romans typically ate in their three daily meals, with dinner being considered the most important. It also allowed an important social occasion - the dinner party. This exercised the social institution of patronage; allowed the host to show off the best tableware and mosaics; and to surprise the guests with the selection of food and wine on offer.
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below.

11/01/2026

Halstead & District Local History Society have their AGM and monthly meeting this coming Thursday (15th January) when Ray Clark makes a return visit to bring the story of The Weeley Pop Festival. Clacton-on-Sea Round table had been fundraising for many years for local charities and decided to hold a pop festival to attract a younger audience. They rented a local farmer’s field, built a makeshift stage and had permission for 5,000 festival goers to attend, but stopped counting when 150,000 turned up!
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below

16/11/2025

Halstead & District Local History Society have their November monthly meeting this coming Thursday (20th November) entitled “The Invasion of Essex, 1803-5: 'Who do you think you are kidding Mr Napoleon?'!!!” when Neil Wiffen from Essex Record Office returns and will tell us all about the time when Britain was at risk of invasion by the French in the late 18th/early 19th centuries and Essex was right in the front line.
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below.

13/10/2025

Halstead & District Local History Society have their October monthly meeting this coming Thursday (16th October) entitled “Thomas Gainsborough’s Sudbury - his life, times and world” - our good friend and Vice Chairman, Ashley Cooper will present a talk about our local 18th Century artist. Ashley is always an entertaining and informative speaker and we all look forward to hearing him again
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below.

15/09/2025

Halstead & District Local History Society have their first monthly meeting after the summer break this Thursday (18th September) entitled “John and Robert De Bourchier” when Archaeologist and historian, Rebecca Batley, is coming to tell us the story of John de Bourchier, owner of Stanstead Hall, who was heavily involved in the political regime of Edward III, and his eldest son, Robert, who would become the first ever secular Chancellor of England, and later has the dubious distinction of being possibly the first Englishman to die of plague.
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below.

19/08/2025

The meetings of The Halstead and District Local History Society for the next four months are listed below.
Please see the website below for any further details.

12/05/2025

Halstead & District Local History Society have their May monthly meeting this coming Thursday (15th May) entitled “Essex Rock, or Thames through Time” when retired geologist, Ian Mercer, will take us on a trip into the geological past of Essex.
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below.

12/04/2025

Halstead & District Local History Society have their April monthly meeting this coming Thursday (17th April) entitled “John Morley and the Morley Family” when we welcome back our good friend Brian Day who brings us details of his researches into this fascinating Halstead family.
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below.

15/03/2025

Halstead & District Local History Society have their March monthly meeting this coming Thursday (20th March) entitled “Captain John Perry, The Man who Saved London” when Stephen Bloomfield, Chair of Ingatestone & Fryerning Historical & Archaeological Society, presents the story of this little known sea captain and engineer who closed the Dagenham breach, but also had a very eventful early life.
All visitors welcome. For more details, see below.

Address

Halstead
CO92BY

Opening Hours

Wednesday	1:30pm - 4pm
Sunday	1:30pm - 4pm

Telephone

+447765406254

Website

http://www.halsteadhistory.org.uk/

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