Publications
The following publications are available to view and download.
Lest We Forget Booklet
To commemorate the centenary of the 1918 Armistice a full-colour, fifty-six-page booklet has been designed and printed setting out the impact of the two World Wars on Stansted and Fairseat and the beginnings of the village of Vigo.
History of Vigo Village
The History of Vigo Village, written by S. R. Beaumont, and published in the Vigo Journal in 1969.
Messerschmitt Crash
Recollections of the Messerschmitt that crashed in Stansted in 1940 – ‘The One Behind the Church’, by Mark Charnley.
OCTU History
The History of the pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit from 1942 to 1946 by Paul Baylis.
KTP Memorial Report
A report on the Stansted War Memorial with notes by David Hughes of the Kent War Memorials Transcription Project.
War Memorial
A report of what was known of the names carved in stone on Stansted’s iconic War Memorial. This report was produced in the year 2000 by Zena Bamping B.A. on behalf of the British Legion.
KTP Casualties Report
A report containing information on local casualties whose names are not recorded on the Stansted War Memorial The report was produced by the Kent War Memorial Transcription Project (KTP).
St Mary’s – ASE Report
A Historic Building Report for St Mary’s Church, Stansted, prepared by Dr Michael Shapland of Archaeology South-East in 2014 and updated in 2014. The report was commissioned by Stansted & Fairseat with Vigo PCC.
St Mary’s Cloisters Report
A report detailing the development and construction of the ‘Cloisters’ extension to St Mary’s Church, Stansted, Kent.
Archive User Guide
The History Society archive is available both physically and online. The contents of the physical archive are stored in a temperature-controlled secure room in Fairseat Village Hall. The electronic contents of the virtual archive are stored in the cloud using a Google-based filestore, Google Drive.
System Guide
The Society maintains a website to provide archive information and other more recent historical research, information, news, etc. The System Guide has been developed to explain how the online archive and website technology operate.