Cove Hithe, Suffolk
Cove Hithe photos
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Cove Hithe maps
Historic maps of Cove Hithe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Cove Hithe maps
Cove Hithe books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Cove Hithe and the local area. View all Cove Hithe books
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Memories of Cove Hithe
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Suffolk memories
I think my Grandfather was born on this street! He was called Wilfred Albert Parsk and fought in the Somme at about 16 years of age He never spoke much about the war but I know he lost a lot of his friends. He died in the 1980s but his memory is still cherished!
Shared on 19 April 2008
My memories of Kessingland was us catching the coach from outside the bakers in Stotfold (my home town), travelling down via Newmarket, passing the site where a young gypsy boy had been killed many moons ago. We would then get to Lowestoft bus depot where a minibus would then take us into Kessingland. We would get to the pub on the... [more]
Shared on 22 May 2007
I thought the picture of me as a toddler in a wooden paddle boat was taken at Southwold, and now 60 years on it was Southwold. We only went there from Norwich for the odd trip but I am pleased to find this c1955 picture in the Frith pictures.
Shared on 06 September 2009
This shows the original, full length pier in all it's glory before gradual destruction. Now recently restored it is nevertheless much shorter. The photo must have been taken from the old Grand Hotel.
Shared on 23 August 2007
Extracts From Cove Hithe & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Cove Hithe, inspired by Frith photos.
This is St Andrews church and the ruins of the former nave. The original church was left in ruins after the Civil War, and the smaller replacement was built within the ruins, its tower a useful navigational aid for mariners offshore. The ruins were the subject of a watercolour by the artist John Sell Cotman in 1804.
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This unusual view is taken through the east window of the south aisle, with the chancel to the right. As the village gradually declined as the port silted up, so its large and impressive church was reduced in size. Only the tower survives intact, and the brick nave was built inside the ruin in 1672.
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Southwold to Aldeburgh Photographic Memories
It is the Great Mill, or Black Mill, which is the interesting element of this photograph. This mill had dominated the common for just over 100 years, having been brought down from Yarmouth in 1798.
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