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Changes in housing and population over the last 250 years

Art and Literature, Events, Hadstock Memories, Landscape / Farming, Parish History, Places, Public Houses

This Hadstock Society presentation was given by Richard Dolby on Wednesday 13th May, 2026. Chaired by Maggie Hartley, around 35 residents were in the village hall to hear how Hadstock housing evolved from the late 18th century through to 2026. Changes were explained using a series of map illustrations. The talk also featured lost cottages, shops and pubs, and the changes in population seen from census data over 250 years were summarised and discussed. Click on the picture above to see the illustrations and images used.

View from back of Goldacre in the 1950s, once the Queen’s Head pub

Hadstock Memories, Photos-Parish places, Public Houses, St Botolph's Church, The Green, Walden Road

‘ Landscape history of Hadstock Parish 1777-2020, Part 5: Notable Buildings’, by Richard Dolby and Pat Croxton-Smith

Airfield, Art and Literature, Landscape / Farming, Mills, Parish History, Public Houses, Railway, St Botolph's Church, Village Hall

This is a further addition to the series of illustrated online publications dealing with the landscape history of Hadstock Parish. Part 5 presents images and explanatory text on notable buildings, including St Botolph’s church, the former village school, listed houses, shops, large barns, pubs, mills and WW2 airfield structures.

Bernard Jones, landlord of the King’s Head, 1977

Linton Road, People, Photos-People/Groups, Public Houses

Bernard Jones, landlord of the King’s Head in 1977, the Queen’s Jubilee year, had a unique collection of keys hanging behind the bar.

George Swann, Landlord of the Queen’s Head, 1900s

People, Photos-People/Groups, Public Houses

Breakfast discussions at the King’s Head

Events, Photos-Parish places, Photos-People/Groups, Public Houses

In the Autumn of 2015, the Church arranged a series of breakfast discussions in the pub with local residents talking about their expertise. This was the first. James Hewlett (far right) talked about Nepal and the devastating effect of its earthquake. David Taylor (seated second right), landlord of the King’s Head, provided breakfast, and the event raised funds for James’s chosen charity in Nepal.