{"id":1777,"date":"2015-09-25T18:18:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T17:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:48:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:48:49","slug":"visiting-my-grans-birthplace-of-saffron-walden-in-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/visiting-my-grans-birthplace-of-saffron-walden-in-essex","title":{"rendered":"Visiting My Gran’s Birthplace Of Saffron Walden In Essex"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we visited the market town of Saffron Walden in Essex in the summer, I just had to take the photograph on the right because it reminded me of a postcard (seen on the left) which most likely belonged to my Granny Hibbitt (Ivy Alice Hibbitt, n\u00e9e Dando<\/a><\/strong>) and which is now in my possession.<\/p>\n

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St Mary’s Church, Saffron Walden, Essex (click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

My gran was born in Saffron Walden in 1904 and was baptized in St Mary’s Church on 23rd October of that year. By the time of the 1911 census, the family had moved to Plymouth but I can’t be certain exactly when they arrived.<\/p>\n

Gran had an affinity with Saffron Walden and when she and my Grandpa settled in Tavistock, they called the name of their bungalow in Chollacott Close, Walden, although now it has a number. I know that they visited Saffron Walden at least once (and probably many more times) because I have a cine film of them in the town.<\/p>\n

It was nice to finally see the sweet shop where my gran was born. The Golden Butterfly<\/a><\/strong> at 2 Market Street was a sweet and tobacconist shop then and still is to this day. I bought a bag of sherbet lemons so I could have a peek inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When we visited the market town of Saffron Walden in Essex in the summer, I just had to take the photograph on the right because it reminded me of a postcard (seen on the left) which most likely belonged to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-1777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-making-memories","tag-dando"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t