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Blaxhall, Suffolk
Blaxhall maps
Historic maps of Blaxhall and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Blaxhall maps
Historic map of Blaxhall
Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk
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Blaxhall books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Blaxhall and the local area. View all Blaxhall books
Suffolk Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
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Memories of Blaxhall
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Family of 14 and still take in lodgers!
John and Charlotte Freeman lived in the white houses by the motor bike. ( I'm sure I have photos of groups outside the house with this bike!). My great grandfather was a blacksmith with his smithy in Church Road. He made many of the fences that protected trees on the Hurts Farm estate. They had 12 children. 8 boys (Thomas, George,... [more]
Shared on 16 January 2009
A previous shared memory recalling International Stores reminds me that my father worked there, as a roundsman. He would cycle every day from Leiston, then do the equivalent all over again in Saxmundham, several times a day as he delivered groceries.
He had his own band - he played piano - and met my mother, Joan Spatchet, at a dance... [more]
Shared on 25 June 2008
Apparently my Gr Grandfather John Freeman owned a blacksmith shop that was situated just on the left hand side of the road here at the beginning of the 20th century. He also made the 'fences' that protected the bases of many of the trees on the Hurts Hall estate. I've never been able to find any written infromation about him... [more]
Shared on 29 September 2007
LIKE JOHN FISHER SAID WE PLAYED IN THE WOODS AND EXPLORED ALL THE SURROUNDING FARMLAND, SCARED OF BEING CAUGHT BY SQUIRE LONG AND LATER MISS ALDOUS. AS FOR THE OLD WELL UP CHURCH HILL, I CAN REMEMBER DROPPING ROCKS DOWN IT WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND A FLASH WHICH MADE US DISAPPEAR QUICKLY FROM THE SCENE. I ALWAYS WONDERED... [more]
Shared on 09 August 2007
Extracts From Blaxhall & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Blaxhall, inspired by Frith photos.
This was the village school, built in 1881 by John Sheppard. George Ewart Evans came to live in Blaxhall in 1948, when his wife became headmistress. He did much of his early oral history recording in the village; this formed the basis of many books, including 'Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay' in 1956.
This is an extract from Suffolk Living Memories.
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St Mary's, one of the largest in Suffolk, is not a typical Suffolk wool church, and has an elegant lead spire. Inside is the 600-year-old Angelus Bell, one of the oldest in the country, which is inscribed 'Ave Maria Gracia Plena Dominus Tecum'. Perhaps the man who made the bell had other things on his mind when it came to putting in the inscription, as he forgot to invert the words laterally in... [more]
This is an extract from Ispwich Pocket Album.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
A 20th-century means of pro- ducing power shares the banks of the Orwell with vessels which harness one of the oldest forms of power. With shallow mudflats along the banks of the tidal Orwell estuary, moored sailing boats end up on their keels twice a day.
This is an extract from Ispwich Pocket Album.
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