Saffron Walden Saffron Walden Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London. It retains a rural appearance and some buildings from the medieval period. The 2001 parish population of 14,313 had risen to 15,504 by the 2011 census. Archaeological evidence suggests continuous settlement on or near the site of Saffron Walden from at least the Neolithic period. It is believed that a small Romano-British settlement and fort – possibly in the area round Abbey Lane – existed as an outpost of the much larger settlement of
Olive Cook In 1954, Cook married the photographer Edwin Smith. In 1962, they moved to Saffron Walden, firstly to a tall house on the corner of Audley Road and East Street, and later into the Coach House at the Vineyards on Windmill Hill. Cook died from cancer on 2 May 2002 at Saffron Walden Community Hospital, Saffron Walden. Collected information about Olive Cook on The Golden Fleece website. Olive Cook Olive Muriel Cook (20 February 1912 – 2 May 2002), was a British writer and artist, who published county guides, as well as writing various books accompanied by the work of her