Two new books about the history of Hempstead are now available. The main one, in which Ross Midgley tells some of the stories he has uncovered, is entitled Walking the Hamster to the Fountain: a thousand years of history in Hempstead, Essex. A separate booklet, entitled At the Going Down of the Sun, portrays the men commemorated on Hempstead's War Memorial: this builds significantly on previously known information and contains some remarkable stories. More details and ordering information are available from the books page here
