Essex Society for Archaeology & History

Note: I have used both ESAH and EASH interchangably - while this sounds dyslexic both acronyms are used.

Information was found relating to Belchamp Walter Water mill and various other areas of Belchamp Walter's history.

The Brasses of Belchamp Walter

The Belchamps

The EASH have a good synopsis of how the Belchamps came into being and why they are named. Belchamp St. Paul's was so called as it was the "possession" of the Canons of St. Paul's in the city of London. Belchamp Walter and other locations around the area were "possessions" of the Abbey and Abbot of Edmundsbury (Bury St. Edmund's). Although not well documented there appears to be a rivalry between the two ecclesiastical entities.