"within recent memory" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a period of time that is not very distant, but still close enough to be remembered. For example: "It was one of the greatest moments in our lifetime, one that will be remembered within recent memory."
Within recent memory, reviewing was something professionals did.
Both countries have experienced rapid growth within recent memory as a result of EU entry.
Ideally (for me) we would have been in New England, within recent memory, for this prequelling of Hamlet.
Under the existing law, only two people have been imprisoned for using force against burglars within recent memory.
A previous megalomaniac paranoid executive inflicted on this country by the same G.O.P. has asserted similar powers within recent memory, based on a similar justification, and then abused those powers to mount domestic black ops against his domestic political opponents.
The Greenwich Symphony hasn't needed to hold a conductor search within recent memory, since its music director, David Gilbert, has been at the helm for over 25 years, with Patricia Handy serving as associate since 1979.
The score by Mr. Pailet has at least two power ballads too many, although it also boasts the least embarrassing hip-hop number within a conventional book musical in recent memory.
There's more to pick over within Before The Flood than any episode in recent memory.
As one of the most remarkable achievements in recent memory, this ambitious undertaking was shot within tight budgetary and in turn, tight time constraints.
Nolan Ryan was the only other pitcher in recent memory who could sustain velocity like that within a game as he approached 40.
Those juicy tidbits have turned the book into a sensation: The first 150,000 copies printed sold out within days, and it is the most pirated book in recent memory.
