Iron Latch Lane, Autumn

Iron Latch Lane, Autumn

This is the very last painting for my Family History painting project – which has been an on-going work for the last two years!

Iron Latch Lane is a footpath which runs from Halstead Road at Stanway through to Fordham Heath. Part of it runs alongside a nature reserve, part is through woodland, some of it is just a narrow field edge path, and some parts are a wide track.
My 5x-Great Grandparents lived in Fordham in the mid-1700s, and down the generations they lived in Fordham, Eight Ash Green and Stanway, so this path seems quite significant and one with which I am sure they would all have been familiar.
I can remember walking it as a small child with my Dad, older sister and Grandparents at different times, when we lived at Stanway for a few years.

Last week I finished the first draft of my family history book. It tells the story of the Pudney family from the first mention of the name in 1379 to my childhood. It will be illustrated with approximately 26 of my paintings, plus some photos, maps and drawings.
It still needs a bit of editing, but I am planning to self-publish it during March using blurb.com which I have used for my little Twelve Months books (which are all available to order on the Shop page).
I aim to have a few copies available at our next Anglian Arts Project show in May at Little Bentley.