Nostalgia

Quaker movement’s message of returning to a simpler Christianity found an audience in Essex, and founder George Fox himself visited Stortford in 1665.

Paul Burrell, whose academic CV includes music & composition and women’s contemporary art, reflects on the Van Gogh Poets and Lovers Exhibition.

Brass chondrometer in handmade wooden case, a measuring instrument designed to determine bulk density of grain, was donated to the museum in 1982.

Stortford resident Dr Gareth Oakland was among a group who stepped back in time on a walk led by experts from Bishop’s Stortford History Society.

Castle Park will be the focus of Bishop’s Stortford’s D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations on the evening of Thursday June 6.

William Smith was a well-known businessman and a well-connected figure in the town a century ago

The photos include close-up shots over Stansted Airport taken during the 2010 Icelandic volcanic ash disruption.

As we enter yet another year living with Covid-19, Mike James looks at the links between two Stortford landmarks and a pandemic nearly 700 years ago

Crew's B-26 Marauder crashed into a house in Hatfield Heath in 1944 – but woman who lived there survived as she was in hospital having a baby.

Family-run biker outfitter branches out from online trading to physical premises by opening 'experience' store and ride-out destination.

John and Jean Simkins came together through the shared experience of the loss of their first spouses, both of whom had multiple sclerosis.

Britain From Above online photographic collection shows Stortford and surrounding areas in amazing detail, with some images a century old.

Blues at Wembley: Bishop's Stortford fans' memories on the 40th anniversary of the club's historic FA Trophy victory

Stortford's 1-0 win over Sutton United on May 16, 1981, meant they became the first team to do the FA Trophy and FA Amateur Cup double.

George Jacobs was convicted and executed in 1692 – 53 years after he married his first wife at St Michael's Church in Bishop's Stortford.

180-year-old letter from London was addressed to businessman and father of six who lived in Bridge Street and had a lane named after him.

The century-old error concerning 21-year-old Charles Tharby on the Castle Gardens cenotaph was noticed during First World War research.

The photo more than 100 years old which moved a local horse riding centre owner to tears.

80 years on, Eileen and Margaret recall the night a German bomb destroyed four houses in Sawbridgeworth, killing two women and three children.

'I've long... wondered if Olive or her family might appreciate the idea that a Yank far away forever carried her memory with him.'