History of Tiptree Hall
Phil George
- Region:
- Essex
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Hobby
- Fee:
- Paid: £30 plus travelling
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 30th March 2026
- Tagged:
- Tiptree | Agricultural History | Buildings | Essex
Discover the remarkable story of Tiptree Hall, the ambitious Victorian model farm created by entrepreneur and agricultural pioneer John Joseph Mechi. The farm became famous for innovation and early success, but Mechi’s fortunes later collapsed as British agriculture entered a long, slow decline—an economic pressure that would challenge the Hall’s later farming owners as well.
Over the decades, Tiptree Hall has reinvented itself many times: from model farm to the unlikely residence of an Italian fraudster and an experimental school. Finally entering steady times and becoming part of Wilkin & Sons, the renowned Tiptree jam producers.
Views: 604 | Enquiries: 3About Phil George
I have always had an interest in history, local history and family history. In the 1980s I studied at the Open University and achieved an honours degree in history.
Since then, I have carried out a great deal of research as a writer for both print and online. For 15 years I was a self-employed genealogist which included research for the television programme Who Do You Think You Are.
I have written a book on the history of Kelvedon Hatch, and I give guided tours of Kelvedon Hall which is the subject of one of my talks.
For the last ten years I have organised a local history group, so I appreciate the difficulty of finding speakers and I thought it was now time to help out other groups and organisation by becoming a speaker myself.
I am willing to do emergency, short notice or regular talks. If I am available, then I'll do it!
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