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Brent Eleigh maps
Historic maps of Brent Eleigh and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Brent Eleigh maps
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Brent Eleigh books
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Suffolk Living Memories
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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Memories of Brent Eleigh
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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
Suffolk memories
Dad was the village policeman, PC 39. Our family name was Moss. We lived outside the village near the T junction to Little Waldingfield (two farm houses, we lived in one of them). Dad, mum and my 4 sisiters. We all attended Gt. Waldingfield school (next to the church then). Miss Bowers was the teacher. She lived with her mum and... [more]
Shared on 26 February 2009
I, Bill Rodgers was in the United States Air Force stationed at RAF Wethersfield. My wife Phyllis, son Michael and I lived on the Heath Estates, Great Waldingfield from 1962 to 1965. Michael, age 5 attended the Folly Road Primary School in Great Waldingfield. Our daughter Michelle was born in the Sudbury hospital in 1964. We had... [more]
Shared on 12 November 2007
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
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
I think my father's birth family the Harts may have lived in this house. Does anybody know any history of the occupants of the house?
Shared on 24 May 2009
We have just discover some of our relatives may have come from the Boxford area. Does anyone remember or recall anyone of the name of Churchyard or maybe Greenwood living in Boxford or nearby, maybe even Ipswich. Our father maybe went to a boys home in the area in the 20's and 30's
Can anyone help with our... [more]
Shared on 11 April 2009
Extracts From Brent Eleigh & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Brent Eleigh, inspired by Frith photos.
Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories
On the left, the new chalet bungalow is for sale. The weather- boarded former water mill, trading as Brent Eleigh Tools (centre left), was converted into a dwelling c1990; the mill machinery and stones were preserved in the conversion. The red brick almshouses on the right, founded by Edward Coleman in 1731, were modernised in 1966. Beyond is High Bank, a medieval hall house.
This is an extract from Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories.
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
The street is now a cul-de-sac since the opening of the by- pass in the 1980s. The imposing red brick almshouses (right), built by Edward Colman in 1731, were modernised in 1966. Beyond Cundys Lane is High Bank, a medieval hall-house; then comes the thatched 17th-century Tudor Cottage and the former post office. On the left is the weather-boarded former water and steam mill once owned by the Beere family.
This is an extract from Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories.
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Both the Post Office, now Swan Cottage and Tudor Cottage date from the 17th century. The larger house with the dramatic jetty (centre) is Highbank, a medieval hall house. The thatched extension at this end has been demolished. The imposing brick building beyond is the Colman Almshouses of 1731. The River Brett flows parallel to the street on the right.
This is an extract from Suffolk Living Memories.
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