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Claydon photos

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Claydon maps

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

Claydon map

Historic map of Claydon

Suffolk map

Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk

Claydon map

Historic Map of any Claydon postcode

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Claydon 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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Claydon books
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Memories of Claydon

Claydon memories
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ARTHUR WALTER HURRELL

MY FATHER ARTHUR WALTER HURRELL WAS BORN IN CLAYDON IN 1898. HIS PARENTS WERE JOSEPH AND MARY ELIZABETH HURRELL. I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHETHER HE HAD ANY BROTHERS OR SISTERS. AND WERE HIS PARENTS ORIGINATED FROM. ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS retfordrascal@hotmail.co.uk. Tony Hurrell

Shared on 12 December 2007 by Anthony Hurrell.

Suffolk memories

Shrubland Park

My wife and I moved to Shrubland Park in 1950 after I had secured a job working in the glasshouses and market garden of this large estate. It was a wonderful place to live and enjoy the peace of the countryside. After a couple of years the head gardener left to become self employed. I was then given the chance to... [more]

Shared on 22 October 2009 by Sidney Forsdike.

William Gildersleeve & Thomas Robert Gildersleeve

In the year 1492 William Gildersleeve and in 1544 Thomas Robert Gildersleeve were born in Witnesham, Suffolk, England.
Gildersleeves first found in Norfolk area where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor.
If anyone knows any Gildersleeves (Spelling variations of the family name includes Gildersleeve, Gildersleve, Gilderslieve, Gildensleeve, Gildensleve, Sildsleeve, Gildsleve, Guildersly).

Shared on 19 June 2008 by Susan Poston.

My younger years

I was aged six when my family moved to Sproughton 1932 when some new houses and bungalows had been built in a cul-de-sac called Broomfield Common off Church Lane. All of my young years were spent in the village until I joined the army in 1944. I well remember Ned Ginger's very old blacksmith shop where he used to shoe all... [more]

Shared on 22 October 2009 by Sidney Forsdike.

Post Office and School

The first building on the left was the old Post Office (owned by Mees). Just to the front of this is a small footpath that leads to my Mum-in-Law's (Janet Halls nee Smith) old school. It was also the village hall. It still has the green tin roof..... noisy when it rains!!!!!

Shared on 02 January 2007 by Tami Cross-Halls.

Mother-In-Law's mate June

My Mum-in-Law (Janet Halls nee Smith) came from Sproughton and her mate June lived in the cottages to the left of the mill.

Shared on 02 January 2007 by Tami Cross-Halls.

Books

I loved going in the Ancient House as a child. Lots of stationary and books. I remember the floors squeaked.Shame it is no longer a book store.

Shared on 01 July 2009 by Brenda Bixler.

I worked here

I worked at Bowhill Elliot and White shoe store at the top of The Walk in 1960  Every morning I walked through here to go to work. I still e-mail a friend who worked at Turners Photography also in The Walk.  We were like a family in The Walk, greeting each other every day, and going to lunch.

Shared on 01 July 2009 by Brenda Bixler.

Extracts From Claydon & Suffolk books

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

Suffolk Living Memories

The thatched house with a brick front is The Rooks of c1620. The horse and trap are coming up Old Paper Mill Lane, which seems too narrow to have enabled the van and the trap to pass. All the buildings in the lane have been demolished; the site has been redeveloped and called Lime Kiln Close.

This is an extract from Suffolk Living Memories.
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories

This is the junction of Station Road (right) and, until the by-pass was opened, the main Stowmarket to Ipswich road. In the foreground is the Greyhound, with a delivery being made to the side door. On the left are two buildings, now one, with the village stores which were refurbished in 1990. The bus has stopped outside the Crown to pick... [more]

Ispwich Pocket Album

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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