Half An Hour In Thaxted

 Thaxted - in Essex - half an hour to fill with photos - lets see what we can find

Thaxted One - diamonds in the glass

The Swan - we'd been for a pub meal - too warm for many people to want to sit outside - inside all was cool and calm

Town Street - the Medieval Guildhall and Church - just about every building in the centre of Thaxted is of historic importance

The Almshouses and John Webb's Windmill - a classic view

On the corner - Watling Street, Bolford Street, Watling Lane, Newbiggen Street - see the sign? - Cutlers Green - a reference to the cutlery trade who made swords as well as knives

It's all downhill from here!

Flowers in Stoney Lane - right outside "Dick Turpin's Cottage" - I didn't realise the famous highwayman was also a gardener!

Actually there's no known connection to the old scoundrel - apart from the name, of course - the historic buildings register is less fanciful - "Circa 1410, 3 storeyed town house, jettied at each floor"  

Here's that  iconic Guildhall again - paid for by the Guild of Cutlers when cutlery was the main trade in the town - originally used as the town meeting hall - market stalls were set up underneath - later it became a school

A pretty door in Orange Street - possibly a market was held here too and this is where oranges were sold - Cadgers' Row is nearby - and "cadger" is an old name for an itinerant trader

More historic houses in Orange Street - this one showing a flint façade, which is unusual here

The village water pump, which is no longer in use - and the postbox which may also become redundant, judging by the way things are going

A fancy bay window in one of the upper storeys of The Recorder's House - the recorder was an official who acted as a judge.

But let us not judge the person who chose this unusual colour-scheme

Looking back down Watling Street

Thaxted Two - diamonds and church spire

Take care