People - Local Individuals
This section of the website contains information on people with connections to the local area. There are five categories available covering luminaries, recollections from local residents, memorials for the first and second world wars, casualties from both world wars, and general biographies.
Please select a category from the options below.
This section provides details on the lives and achievements of individuals with local connections who have achieved a degree of public recognition outside of the local area. The people included in this section range from Sir Sydney Waterlow, who built Trosley Towers, to Daphne Oram, who lived in Tower Folly and co-founded the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the 1950s/60s.
This section includes biographies of residents in the area of Stansted, from the past to the present day. These range from the Rectors of St Mary’s church to other local people who have led interesting lives. Should you wish to contribute to this section or have information that you feel may be useful, then please contact the Society.
This section contains recollection articles by people who live or have lived in the Stansted area. Three of these are extensive and authored by Sheila Parker, Lucy Burgess and Grisell Pasteur. There are childhood memories of World War II, including two evacuees, and from those who have lived their entire lives locally or were attending the pre-officer training camp (OCTU).
This section contains details of those with local connections who served in World War 1. Fifteen names are recorded on the Stansted War Memorial as having lost their lives, but many others served and returned, and these are listed on the Roll of Honour in St Mary’s Church. Full obituaries are available for the service personnel named on the War Memorial.
