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Borley maps

Historic maps of Borley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Borley maps

Borley map

Historic map of Borley

Suffolk map

Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk

Borley map

Historic Map of any Borley postcode

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Borley books

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Harlow Town and City Memories
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Saffron Walden Town and City Memories
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Clacton-on-Sea Town and City Memories
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Borley books
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Memories of Borley

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Suffolk memories

The Ransons move to Castle Hedingham

We arrived in Castle Hedingham around the turn of the year 1964/5, Mum, Dad, my three little brothers and myself. Our newly built house was just out of shot to the left of this photo of Pye Corner. Mum & Dad's friend Tony owned the white Alvis car parked on the green. We were very excited be in our big house.... [more]

Shared on 01 January 2009 by Louise Muirhead.

'Threeways Cafe', Bures

My dad and mum owned the Threeways Cafe in Bures for a while in the late 1950s, they where Eddie and Margaret Morris. If anyone remembers them I would like to see their memories.
Mary

Shared on 03 August 2009 by Mary Page.

Where I grew up.

I lived most of my life in Sible Hedingham, as a family we moved there from London in 1962.  I was just 2 years old at the time. My father Robert Farren, "Bob" as he was best known and my mother Ivy, took over the licence of The White Lion, Church Street.  Growing up I never imagined that I would ever... [more]

Shared on 09 September 2007 by Anne Elder.

blacksmiths

I attended the grammar school 1936-9. Whilst waiting for buses home I used to talk to the local blacksmith. I said to him ,"My granddad uised to be a smith"
When I told him my surname was `King` he asked "Was he Tom King ?" I did not know as my relative had died when I was two but asked "Why?"... [more]

Shared on 05 February 2008 by Peter King.

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER MY DAD?

My dear dad, who is 90, was as a small child sent to live on a farm in Stoke By Nayland, as he was orphaned. It would be between about 1924-1929. He has very happy memories of staying with the farmer and his wife. Dad was also a choir boy at the local church. His name is Dennis Craddock, and he... [more]

Shared on 20 August 2009 by Liz Walters.

Great-great-grandfather William Clark, born Weathersfield 1804

Our great-great-grandfather was born in Weathersfield in 1804. He married Sussannah, born 1797, also from Wethersfield. They had five children, all born in Wethersfield, one being Walter Clark who was our mother's grandfather. They were living at 8 Ottleys Lane, Weathersfield in 1851. The children were Eliza Clark, born 1834, living at 6 Hudson Hills and working as a Straw Plaiter... [more]

Shared on 05 June 2009

week ends

Fishing in whitleys farm pond with don martin eyes glued on the water for tench bubbles. catching one of two pounds and scared half to death of it getting off the hook [ granny knots] ..riding in trailers full of warm wheat.. birds nesting down the old farm and falling in the moat. getting shouted at for riding my bike on... [more]

Shared on 30 November 2007 by Jeremy Underwood.

A search in progress

Finchingfield to me, in my younger days, was a place that Dad would take Mum and me to on a Sunday afternoon drive. Never to stop for very long but it is a place that leaves a snapshot in your memory.
Being an adopted child I did not realise at the time that Finchingfield would play a large part in a... [more]

Shared on 02 November 2006 by Christine Browne.

Extracts From Borley & Suffolk books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Borley, inspired by Frith photos.

Braintree Town and City Memories

Prior to 1935, all that would have been seen from in front of the church would have been the top of the church spire. In the foreground would have been a collection of dilapidated shops, and a large wooden maltings out of shot to the right. In 1935 the buildings, including the maltings, were demolished as part of a road improvement scheme.

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Braintree Town and City Memories

One of the features of the gardens is the way in which the visitor is met with different views and layouts, from open spaces to densely planted areas, or along wide pathways with narrow winding pathways off to the sides.

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Braintree Town and City Memories

Continuing the development of houses along the main Dunmow to Colchester Road, these fine houses, dating from the turn of the 20th century, were also built for the growing middle class. They were known locally as 'The Villas'. Mr Leonard Alden, who ran a tailor and outfitter's business, had one of these houses.

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