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Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is located in Essex
Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden
Location within Essex
Population16,613 (2021 census)[1]
OS grid referenceTL541387
Civil parish
  • Saffron Walden
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSAFFRON WALDEN
Postcode districtCB10, CB11
Dialling code01799
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Saffron Walden is a market town and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, 12 miles (19 km) north of Bishop's Stortford, 15 miles (24 km) south of Cambridge and 43 miles (69 km) north of London. It retains a rural appearance and some buildings of the medieval period. The population was 15,504 at the 2011 census and 16,613 in the 2021 census.[2]

History

Archaeological evidence suggests continuous settlement on or near the site of Saffron Walden from at least the Neolithic period.[3] It is believed that a small Romano-British settlement and fort – possibly in the area round Abbey Lane – existed as an outpost of the much larger settlement of Cestreforda to the north.[3]

The remains of 12th-century Walden Castle

After the Norman invasion of 1066, a stone church was built. Walden Castle, dating from about 1140, may have been built on pre-existing fortifications.[4] A priory, Walden Abbey, was founded under the patronage of Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex about 1136, on the site of what is now Audley End House.[3] The abbey was separated from Walden by Holywell Field. After the dissolution of the monasteries, Sir Thomas Audley converted its cloisters into a dwelling. Later this became the site of Audley End House.[3]

The market square in July 2012, with Saffron Walden Town Hall on the right

The market was moved from nearby Newport to Walden during de Mandeville's tenure, increasing the town's influence. This Tuesday market was held from 1295.[3] The town's first charter was granted in about 1300, to what was known then as Chepyng (i. e. Market) Walden.[3] The town at that time was largely confined to the castle's outer bailey, but in the 13th century the Battle or Repel Ditches were built or extended to enclose a larger area to the south. The focus of the town moved southwards to Market Square.

The main trading item in medieval times was wool. A guildhall was built by the wool-staplers in the market place, but demolished in 1847 to make way for the Corn Exchange.[3]

Saffron

In the 16th and 17th centuries the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) was widely grown, thanks to the town's favourable soil and climate. The stigmas of the flower were used in medicines, as a condiment, in perfume, as an expensive yellow dye, and as an aphrodisiac. The industry gave Walden its present name.[3] In the records of the Court of Common Pleas, the town was called Magna Walden in Hilary Term 1484,[5] and Chipping Walden in the 15th and early 16th centuries,[6] but by the 1540s it had become Saffron Walden.[7]

Castle Street contains many historic buildings

Puritans and Quakers

The town and surrounding area, like much of East Anglia, was strongly Puritan during the 17th century. The population was influenced by the missionary John Eliot. By 1640, Samuel Bass's family and a number of others had departed for the Massachusetts Bay Colony as part of the Great Migration.[8]

Saffron Walden was at the centre of the Eastern Association during the English Civil War. While the town was the headquarters of the New Model Army, Lieutenant-General of Horse, Oliver Cromwell paid a 19-day visit in May 1647, taking part in debates to seek a settlement between Parliament and the army.[9] He is thought to have stayed at the Sun Inn.[10]

By the end of the 18th century saffron was no longer in demand and the industry was replaced by malt and barley. More than 40 maltings stood in the town by the end of the century.[11] The trade was less lucrative than saffron, but the town continued to grow through the 19th century, and had a cattle market, corn exchange and other civic buildings. During this time Quakers became economically active in the area. The influential Gibsons – one of the founding families of Barclays Bank – aided the construction of several public buildings that remain today, such as the Saffron Walden Museum and the Saffron Walden Town Hall.[12][13]

In the 1900s the Saffron Walden branch railway line from Audley End station, on the mainline from London to Cambridge, was extended to Bartlow. The branch succumbed to the Beeching cuts in the 1960s.[14]

Heavy industry arrived after the Second World War. Acrows Ltd, makers of falsework, built premises to the east of the town and became a significant employer and economic influence in the area.[15] For a short time there was a dedicated railway station for the works known as Acrow Halt.[16]

Coat of arms and maces

Unofficial Arms of Saffron Walden, from a 1916 emblazonment[17]

Saffron Walden's unofficial coat of arms showed the saffron crocus within the walls of the castle in the form of an heraldic pun – as in, "Saffron walled-in". In 1961, a formal coat of arms was granted by the College of Arms and this was adapted in 1974 into its current form.[18]

The town has three ceremonial maces. The large mace was given to Saffron Walden by James II in 1685 and provides an early recording of the unofficial coat of arms. Made of silver gilt, it is approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) long. Two smaller silver maces were bought by the corporation in 1549 to commemorate the granting of a new town charter by Edward VI. This purchase is recorded in the town's Guild of Holy Trinity accounts and reads, "For 2 new maces, weying 18 ownces one quarter and half at 8s. the ownce 7l.7s".[18]

Sites and buildings of interest

Saffron Walden has the largest turf maze of its type in England

The 12th-century Walden Castle, built or expanded by Geoffrey de Mandeville, the first Earl of Essex, is in ruins. After the medieval period, the castle fell into disuse and much of the flint was taken and used in the construction of local houses and the wall surrounding the Audley End estate. All that remains is the ruined basement.

Near the castle is a turf maze, a series of circular excavations cut into the turf of the common. It is the largest example of this style of maze in England, the main part being about 100 feet (30 m) in diameter. The earliest record of it dates from 1699, although its origin may be earlier. It has been extensively restored several times, most recently in 1979.[19][20]

The oldest inhabited building in the town is believed to be the former maltings at 1 Myddleton Place. The 15th-century building with a courtyard garden was used by the Youth Hostel Association from 1947 to 2010.[21] It is now used for functions.[22] Pevsner described it as: "without doubt, the best medieval house of Saffron Walden".[23] Other notable early buildings are in Bridge Street, Castle Street and the side streets off the High Street. The High Street contains some late-Georgian and Victorian buildings.[23]

Bridge End Gardens, a group of seven interlinked 19th-century gardens

Bridge End Gardens, seven interlinked gardens – including a maze, rose garden and walled garden – were originally laid out by the Gibson family in about 1840. They have been restored with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and volunteers.[24][25]

St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden (Church of England) is the largest parish church in Essex.[26] The church dates mainly from the end of the 15th century, when an old smaller church was extensively rebuilt by the master mason John Wastell, who was building King's College Chapel in the nearby city of Cambridge. In 1769 it was damaged by lightning and the repairs, carried out in the 1790s, removed many medieval features. The spire was added in 1832 to replace an older lantern tower. The church is 183 feet (56 m) long and the spire, 193 feet (59 m) high, is the tallest in Essex.

The town's Catholic church, Our Lady of Compassion, is on Castle Street. Created in 1906 from a 16th-century barn, it was restored in 2004–5.[27]

With a long history of non-conformism, Saffron Walden has:

[28]

Governance

Saffron Walden falls in to three local government administrative areas, including Uttlesford District Council and Essex County Council.

The town itself is administered by Saffron Walden Town Council which has 18 members.[29] The majority party is Residents for Uttlesford ('R4U'), who are a local political party formed by residents. As of 2024 the mayor is Deryk Eke of Residents for Uttlesford.

The town is divided into four parish wards: Audley, named after Audley End House - representing the western area of Saffron Walden including Audley End; Castle - taking its name from Saffron Walden Castle; Shire (formerly Plantation) - representing the southern area of the town; and Little Walden - representing the small village of the same name and a large rural area to the north of the town.

Nationally, the town is part of the much larger North West Essex Parliamentary constituency.[30] The MP is Conservative, Kemi Badenoch who is Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party.

Notable former MPs include:

In the 1840s Saffron Walden became a municipal borough, the district contained the parish of Saffron Walden.[31] On 1 April 1974 the district and parish were abolished and became part of Uttlesford district.[32] A successor parish was formed covering the same area as the former district and its parish.[33]

Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Saffron Walden had a population of 14,313. The 2001 population density was 10,900 inhabitants per square mile (4,209/km2), with a 100 to 94.5 female-to-male ratio.[34] Of those over 16 years old, 45.0 per cent were married, 27.4 per cent were single (never married), and 8.2 per cent divorced.[35] The parish's 6,013 households included 38.5 per cent married couples living together, 31.5 per cent one-person households, 8.4 per cent co-habiting couples, and 7.9 per cent single parents with children.[36] Of those aged 16–74, 22.3 per cent had no academic qualifications, close to the average for Uttlesford (22.0 per cent) and below that for the whole of England (28.9 per cent).[37][38]

In the 2001 UK census, 73.0 per cent of Saffron Walden residents declared themselves Christian, 0.6 per cent Muslim, 0.4 per cent Buddhist, 0.2 per cent Jewish, and 0.1 per cent Hindu. The census recorded 17.6 per cent as having no religion, 0.4 per cent with an alternative religion, and 7.8 per cent not stating their religion.[39]

Education

The entrance to the County High School

Saffron Walden County High School is a large co-educational academy with over 2000 pupils.[40] Located to the west of the town centre, it was rated outstanding in its most recent Ofsted report in 2012.[41]

The school replaced Saffron Walden Grammar School, which was established in 1521 by the town's Holy Trinity Guild and Dame Joan Bradbury, a local benefactor.[3] Dame Bradbury also founded Dame Bradbury's School on Ashdon Road. There has been a school on this site since 1317 but it was in 1521 that Dame Bradbury made this school available for local people. For the first four years Dame Bradbury paid the salary of the schoolmaster herself, until the school was endowed in 1535.[42]

Friends' School, renamed Walden School, was a co-educational Quaker independent school with roots dating back to 1702. Its final building, in Mount Pleasant Road, opened in 1879.[43] On 11 May 2017 it was announced that Walden School would close at the end of the 2016–17 school year. Its final day was 7 July 2017.

Saffron Walden College, a teachers' training college for women, closed in 1977.[44]

Transport

Railway

The nearest station to Saffron Walden is Audley End, which is located 2 miles (3 km) outside the town in the village of Wendens Ambo; regular bus services link it to the town centre.

The station is sited on the West Anglia Main Line between Cambridge and London Liverpool Street. Greater Anglia operates an off-peak service of two trains an hour in each direction, with additional services during peak times; the journey time to London is approximately 55 minutes and approximately 20 minutes to Cambridge.[45] All southbound trains also stop at Tottenham Hale, where there is a London Underground Victoria line station and onward rail connections to Stratford station in east London.

An hourly GreaterAnglia service between Stansted Airport and Norwich, via Cambridge and Ely, also stops at Audley End.

Saffron Walden railway station served the town between 1865 and 1964.[46]

Buses

Regular bus services connect the town with Cambridge, Bishop's Stortford, Haverhill and Stansted Airport. Operators include Stephensons of Essex and Stagecoach East.[47]

Roads

Saffron Walden is accessed from junction 8 of the M11 when travelling northbound from London and from junction 10 when travelling south from Cambridge.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Essex Highways narrowed some roads in the town centre to make social distancing easier for pedestrians and they reduced some speed limits to 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) as part of their Safer, Greener, Healthier scheme.[48]

Air

Stansted Airport is located 15 miles (24 km) from the town, while Luton Airport is 43 miles (69 km) away.

Audley End Airfield, a private grass runway, is located about 1 mile (2 km) outside of the town.

Culture

Audley End House, in 2020

Audley End House, once one of the largest mansions in England, is now in the care of English Heritage and is open to the public.[49] During the summer months, picnic concerts and a last night in the style of the BBC Proms have been held in the grounds.[50][51] Audley End Miniature Railway – originally built by Lord Braybrooke – is a 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge railway ride through woodland adjoining Audley End House. The track is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and opened in 1964.[52]

Saffron Walden Museum, with a glacial erratic and stone coffins displayed in the grounds

Saffron Walden Museum, which was established in 1835 by Saffron Walden Natural History Society, is close to the town's castle. The museum had many benefactors from local families, including the Gibsons, Frys and Tukes. The first professional curator, Guy Nathan Mayard, was appointed in 1889 and his son, also Guy Maynard, succeeded him as curator before moving on to Ipswich Museum. It is still owned by the founding society – now Saffron Walden Museum Society – and is managed by Uttlesford District Council.[53] The museum contains the stuffed remains of a lion named Wallace (1812 – 1838), said to have inspired Marriott Edgar's comic poem "The Lion and Albert".[54] It is also home to the mummy of a 7 year old dating to the 3rd century AD.[55]

The Fry Art Gallery exhibits the work of artists who had an association with Saffron Walden and north west Essex, focusing on Great Bardfield Artists. The collection includes extensive artworks and supporting material by Edward Bawden, who lived in the town during the 1970s and 1980s, and Eric Ravilious.[56]

Saffron Hall, which is attached to Saffron Walden County High School, opened in 2013. The 730-seater venue came about as a result of a £10 million donation by an anonymous music loving donor.[40] In 2014, former head of music at the Barbican Centre Angela Dixon became its director.[57]

Saffron Walden Market is a thriving market, with numerous local sellers trading goods, is held every Tuesday and Saturday (and Thursdays in the run up to Christmas); it is attended by local residents like Jamie Oliver.

Sport and leisure

The Anglo American playing fields, located close to Bridge End Gardens on Catons Lane, are home to the town's cricket club and were donated to Saffron Walden by the US forces after the war. Prior to that, Saffron Walden Cricket Club played on the town's common, with a history of cricket matches recorded back to 1757.[58] A monument at the site commemorates the American airmen and people of Saffron Walden who died in the Second World War.[59][60]

Lord Butler Leisure Centre is located on Peaslands Road and includes a pool, gym and sports injury clinic.[61]

The Tour de France passed through Saffron Walden in 2014.[62]

Saffron Walden has a well-established hockey club, with its main pitch and clubhouse in Newport and a second pitch at Saffron Walden County High School. The club has eight men's teams, seven women's teams and a large junior section. The women play in Division 2 and the men play in Prem B.

The town's skate park is an American-built facility.[63] It opened in 2007.[64]

Music

Saffron Walden is the name of a tune often associated with the hymn "Just as I Am". It was written by Arthur Henry Brown (1830–1926) from Essex.[65] He wrote many hymn tunes, which he often named after his favourite places.[66]

Media

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC East and ITV Anglia. Television signals are received from the Sandy Heath TV transmitter. [67]

The town is covered by both BBC Essex and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire including Heart East, Greatest Hits Radio East, Star Radio and Radio Forest which broadcast to patients at the Saffron Walden Community Hospital in the town. [68]

The Saffron Walden Reporter and Walden Local are the town's local newspapers. [69] [70]

Notable residents

In alphabetical order:

Twin towns

Saffron Walden is twinned with Bad Wildungen in Germany.

See also

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Further reading

  • Greenway, Diana, and Leslie Watkiss, tr. and eds. 1999. The Book of the Foundation of Walden Monastery (Oxford)
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Evelyn describes Audley End

On 1 September 1654, John Evelyn and his wife, Mary, visited Cambridge and, as Pepys did in February 1660, went to Saffron Walden and stopped at Audley End. Part of Evelyn's diary entry for that crowded day (the couple also toured Cambridge University):

"From Chambridge we went to Audley End and spent some time in seeing that goodly Palace built by Howard E[arl]. of Suffolck, & once Lord Treasurer of England: It is a mixt fabric, 'twixt antique & modern, but observable for its being compleately finish'd, & without comparison one of the statliest Palaces of the Kingdome, consisting of two Courts, the first very large, Wingd with Cloisters: The front hath a double Entrance: The Hall is faire, but somewhat too smale for so august a pile: The Kitchin leaded & Cellars very large & arched with stone, Celars I never saw any so neate & well dispos'd: These Offices are joynd by a Wing out of the way very handsomely: The Gallery is the most cherefull, & I thinke one of the best in England: a faire dining-roome, & the rest of the Lodgings answerable with a pretty Chapell: The Gardens are not in order, though well inclosed: It has also a Bowling ally, a nobly well walled, wooded & watred Park, full of fine collines [a French word meaning 'small hills'] and ponds, the river glides before the Palace, to which an avenue of lime-trees; but all this much diminishd by its being placed in an obscure bottome; for the rest a perfectly uniforme structure, & shewes without like a diademe, by the decorations of the Cupolas & other ornaments on the Pavilions: I observ'd that instead of railes and balusters, there is a bordure of Capital letters, as was lately also on Suffolck house neere Charing Crosse, built by the same L: Tress: ["Lord Treasurer"?] This house stands in the Parish of Saffron Walden famous for he aboundance of Saffron there Cultivated and esteem'd the best of any forraine Country."

Then, as Pepys did in 1660, Evelyn went south through Bishop's Stortford ("a pretty watrd Towne") to London and home.

Derek  •  Link

Audley End House. There

michael fvincent  •  Link

route Safron Walden to London :
Look at the great mile markers of the day; it also outlines villages the road takes.
http://www.milestonesonline.co.uk…

Pedro.  •  Link

Audley End as noted by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) in around 1722.

I came back through the west part of the county of
Essex, and at Saffron Walden I saw the ruins of the once largest
and most magnificent pile in all this part of England--viz., Audley
End--built by, and decaying with, the noble Dukes and Earls of
Suffolk.

Cumgranissalis  •  Link

pic of a 17c Pub with historic past.
Saffron Walden Sun Inn from Cromwells period.
http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/phot…
Saffron Walden is a market town steeped in history - many of the old ...
Oliver Cromwell is believed to have stayed at the 14th century Sun Inn on the ...
pix and story outline:
http://www.thisisessex.co.uk/esse…
History story of town

in Aqua Scripto  •  Link

Audley End by Fienes: a quote on Audley end house a place enjoyed by Lord Braybooke :
"...Thence we went to Andleyend 10 miles, a house of ye Earle of Sussex wch makes a Noble appearance Like a town, so many towers and buildings off stone within a parke wch is walled round. A good River runs through it, we pass over the bridge. Its built round 3 Courts, there are 30 great and Little towers on the top, and a great Cupilow in the Middle. The roomes are Large and Lofty with good Rich old ffurniture tapistry, but Noe beds in yt part we saw. There are 750 (150?) Roomes in the house. ..."

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk…

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