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Physical sources
Beastie, C17?, Pargeted panel, Saffron Walden Museum Box 291
Hayward collection of pargeting tools EC20, Saffron Walden Museum, Boxes 908 and 909
Pargeted frieze panel. Saffron Walden Museum, On display
Personal communications
Clarke, Robert. Pargeting on 26 Ashdon Road by Skromanas Klaudijus. Personal correspondence.
Bazley, Christopher, ‘A.G Clayden’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/178659268934816/search/?q=christopher%20bazley [accessed 4 May 2023]
Clarke, Robert ‘Skromanas Klaudijus’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/178659268934816/?multi_permalinks=2821162748017775 [accessed 4 May 2023]
Homeowner, pers.comm. about their home, 28 Castle Street. December 2022
Homeowner, pers.comm. about their home, 36 Summerfield. February 2023
Hoy, David, pers.comm. about their home, 15 Audley Road, c1997
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Tice, Bruce, Uttlesford DC Conservation Area Appraisals Project Manager , pers. comm. about the history of Saffron Walden,. December 2022
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