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Bildeston, Suffolk
Bildeston maps
Historic maps of Bildeston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bildeston maps
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Bildeston books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Bildeston and the local area. View all Bildeston books
Suffolk Living Memories
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£14
Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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£14
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Hi, I guess it's one of those things you do as you get older, to take a walk down memory lane and to do a little bit of reminiscing. I was doing such a thing when I came across this photo of the village in Bildeston and saw the old house in the High Street that as a child and also... [more]
Shared on 26 June 2008
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Joseph Culling was my Great Great Grandfather, he was born in Offton in 1819. He married an Eliza who was born in 1802 in Semer, they had 4 children, Charles, Emma, Patience and Dinah (my great grandmother). Does anyone know of this family, they are very elusive and I cannot find many references to them.
Christine Harris
Shared on 10 March 2009
Hi I am from New Zealand and from information I have my ancestors came from Semer the male name is johnson and the Female maiden name was Cuthbert, the only info I have indicates that they lived there in the mid 1700's i would be plesed to know any information about the town etc or if any Johnsons or Cuthberts still... [more]
Shared on 13 December 2006
My maiden name is GAME and I've just started researching that side of my family tree, unfortunately due to the fact my dad didn't know too much about his dad's side of the family I had to send away for my Grandad's birth certificate. On receiving the certificate it placed his birth in Brent Eleigh and I was then away. I... [more]
Shared on 05 June 2008
Extracts From Bildeston & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Bildeston, inspired by Frith photos.
This was built in 1864. Its only clock dial faces Albert Hall's grocer's and draper's shop (left), now Bank House Stores. The house on the corner of Chapel Street (centre) now has a porch in the second bay. Still's stores (right) later became Simpson's antique shop, and since 1990 it has been a private house.
This is an extract from Suffolk Living Memories.
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
This view shows the clock tower in the rectangular market place. Chapel Street and Duke Street run down towards Bildeston Hall (right). The burial ground of the Baptist chapel, rebuilt in 1844, is opposite the Hall. To the centre left is Squirrell's seed and corn merchants, now a housing development. In the distance is Wattisham Road, with 1930s Local Authority housing and the larger Brookfields Estate, begun in 1948.
This is an extract from Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories.
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
On the right the large bay windows of the clock and electrical shops have been entirely removed. The fish and chip shop beyond, where it seems customers are heading, is now a hairdressers'. On the right are a series of former shop fronts in both brick and timbered buildings. In the distance is Eade's newsagent's shop and the exposed timbers of The Crown.
This is an extract from Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories.
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