History Themes

This page is based upon three themes: Local History, World War I, and World War II, and contains specific articles and timelines. The rest of the website is organised in sections covering ‘People’, ‘Places’, ‘Events’, ‘Environment’ and ‘Publications’ and this ‘History Theme’ section contains links to other sections where the content is relevant to a theme.

Local History

The following items are aspects of local history including timelines, articles, and links to other website content.

Timeline of significant events & milestones
The history of Stansted and Fairseat
The history of Vigo village
Parish Notes from 1942 onwards

World War I

This section contains infomation on World War I as related to the local area and communities.

WW1 Timeline and local casualties
WW1 Artilllery shell discovery
WW1 Casualties
Stansted War Memorial

World War II

This section contains infomation on World War II as related to the local area and communities.

Stansted War Memorial
WW2 Casualties