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Claydon, Suffolk

Claydon photos

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Claydon, Main Road c1955 photo

Claydon, Main Road c1955

Claydon, Paper Mill Lane c1950 photo

Claydon, Paper Mill Lane c1950

Claydon, the Village from Claydon Hill c1955 photo

Claydon, the Village from Claydon Hill c1955

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

Claydon maps
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Claydon books

Displaying 2 of 6 books about Claydon and the local area.   View all Claydon books

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Newmarket Town and City Memories
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Suffolk Coast Photographic Memories
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Ipswich Photographic Memories
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Claydon books
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Memories of Claydon

Claydon memories
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Displaying a selection of personal memories of Claydon .
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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

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.

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.

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 up passengers.

Ipswich Photographic Memories

It is three years after the First World War, and a packet of ten Wills cigarettes can be bought in this tobacconists for 3d (three old pence). The newspapers are full of the news of the impending strike by the miners. Prime Minister Lloyd George had strikes by the miners, railwaymen and many others broken by troops and the use of emergency powers.

This is an extract from Ipswich Photographic Memories.
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