The Church 1907, Assington
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Society Farm
In 2001 my husband Derek and I visited Assington. We had been researching Derek's family history, and had discovered that his great-great-grandfather John Crisell was the bailiff, in the middle of the 19th century,at Society Farm, Assington.
We were unable to find the farm, but called at a farm shop in the middle of the village, and were told that this had been Society Farm, but had changed its name to Willow Tree Farm. The reason it had been called Society Farm was that Sir John Gurdon, of Assington Hall, had set up a co-operative agricultural experiment on the farm in the 1830s in an effort to help the villagers. Some years later, John Crisell was appointed bailiff, and had lived in the farmhouse with his family, including his daughter Sarah who would become Derek's great-grandmother.
Ancestors in Assington.
I am researching my wife's family history and on one side of her family is Charles Freeman Parson. She is his 2nd Great Garandaughter. We know that he lived and farmed at Assington House which I am told that he also built. The Parsons were also tenant farmers at Thorington Hall Nr Stoke by Nayland for a century. Its now National Trust and is open on heritage day in September. I also have an old photograph of the family with horse and carriage outside Assington House probably from the late 1800's.
Can anyone add and information or detail on the Parson families in Assington and around please?
Robin Carsberg. robin.carsberg@sky.com
