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Little Waltham [1] [2] is a village and civil parish just north of Chelmsford, in Essex, England. It is adjacent to the village of Great Waltham. The Domesday Book refers to the two villages as Waltham, consisting of several manors. The site of an Iron Age village was excavated before upgrading the main road north between the current villages.
The Little White Horse is a low fantasy children's novel by Elizabeth Goudge, first published by the University of London Press in 1946 with illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, and Anne Yvonne Gilbert in 1992. Coward–McCann published a US edition next year. [1]
On 1 April 1949, the parish was abolished and merged with Little Leighs to form "Great and Little Leighs"; part also went to Little Waltham. [3] Gate Farmhouse on Moulsham Hall Lane is a Grade II Listed Georgian property and the home of journalist Simon Heffer. It was built between 1820 and 1850. [4]
The estate was established in 1793 by Boston merchant Theodore Lyman on 400 acres (160 ha) of grounds, and was the Lyman family's summer residence for over 150 years. It consisted originally of the mansion and its lawns, gardens, greenhouses, woodlands, a deer park, and a working farm.
Little Waltham Meadows is an 8.9-hectare (22-acre) nature reserve south of Little Waltham in Essex.It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. [1]The site is wet and dry meadows on the bank of the River Chelmer, which are grazed to restore them to their previous state.
White Waltham is a village and civil parish, 3.5 miles (6 km) west of Maidenhead, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.It is crossed briefly by the M4 motorway, which along with the Great Western Main Line and all other roads covers 0.267 square kilometres (0.103 sq mi) of the parish and 'greenspace' which includes cultivated fields covers the most part - this ...
The White Horse Tavern or White Horse Inn [1] was allegedly the meeting place in Cambridge for English Protestant reformers to discuss Lutheran ideas, from 1521 onwards. [2] According to the historian Geoffrey Elton the group of university dons who met there were nicknamed "Little Germany " [ 3 ] in reference to their discussions of Luther.
The White Horse is an oil-on-canvas landscape painting by the English artist John Constable. It was completed in 1819 and is now in the Frick Collection in New York City . The painting marked a vital turning point in the artist's career. [ 1 ]