Local Attractions

THAXTED

Thaxted, in its earlier years, was a prosperous centre of the cutlery and wool trades and it was in the magnificent Horsham Hall that for some time  Elizabeth I resided before becoming Queen.

The picture on the left shows the home of Dick Turpin, the one time notorious highwayman who was later hanged in York.

Quite near the parish church of St John the Baptist with its 55 metre tower and with architecture worthy of a cathedral setting sits John Webb's Windmill at the end of Fishmarket Street. The main machinery is intact and all five floors are accessible to visitors.