Contributed Resources

Our project has been supported, and consequently enriched, by enthusiasts and academics alike. The latest generous addition…

C13th to C16th • The Franciscan Friars • The Grey Friars received many gifts and favours from kings…

On its way to the Essex Record Office when the rest of the archive is donated (within…

With the site now well into its latest incarnation – as a luxury hotel – we present…

A new series of resources added below as they come available … 1- House & Land Sales 2-…

As part of our on-going “Sharing Heritage” social history project, we are constantly sorting through material relevant…

This transport-themed Grey Friars memory was a hit on Facebook. Within a few days of being loaded onto…

This is one of the great mysteries of Colchester’s past. There is no doubt that the Grey…

In 1648 the town’s citizens were caught up in the conflict between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians….

A new fully-illustrated ‘time line’ chart has been published following the Heritage Weekend tours of the Grey…

See over 60 photos of Grey Friars interior features in the new resource posting. Just click on…

The Grey Friars site is a fascinating corner of Colchester. We are often asked who lived here….

100 years of educational use began when the nuns of the Convent of Nazareth extended the buildings…

The Spring 2016 edition of the CCHS Alumnae newsletter included an article by Joan Gurney in which…

Rosemary Jewers writes: “On 8th June 2015 members of the Colchester Civic Society were invited to view…

The census of 1911 shows occupation of both Grey Friars (including Hillcrest) and All Saints House by…

Malcolm has kindly donated this photograph, found in the Castle Bookshop’s closing-down sale. It shows CCHS pupils…

Following the launch of our book about the site, kindly hosted by the Foresters Arms, we have…

     Dr John Ashdown-Hill (of ‘finding Richard III’ fame), a leading academic in the field of mediaeval…

The Community in the College The GREY FRIARS GUILD commenced in 1984 and we have just completed…