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Flatford, Suffolk
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Historic maps of Flatford and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Flatford maps
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Flatford 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 Flatford
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Suffolk memories
My aunt Jessie (King) lived in the house on the left of the picture from around 1920 to 1954. In 1954 she moved out and my uncle Sidney (Edwards) ( her brother) moved into the house and turned it into a little tea room come snack bar. It was very popular with the kids at that time who could spend a... [more]
Shared on 31 July 2008
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
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
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
Buying a new drum for the Whitethorn Morris Band in Chelmondiston
In 2002 I had already been the band leader for the Whitethorn Band for more than twenty years and ithe musicians decided we needed a new drum. By chance we discovered Barry Askew in Chelmondiston who used his woodworking skills to hand make perfect drums suitable for morris musicians.
We commisioned a new drum and one fine Autumn... [more]
Shared on 13 July 2008
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
William Balaam born in Stone Street, Boxford in 1870 or thereabouts. He was my Grandfather's stepfather. Grandad often talked of Boxford. It is believed that later in William Balaam's life he became a Mayor or Lord Mayor - however, we are not certain which town in the UK he became Mayor of - because he moved to London... [more]
Shared on 08 June 2008
I would like to add a memory of Boxford, no, wonderful memories that I have of Boxford 65 years ago.
As a child of four, I was evacuated with my grandmother Mary Jane Farthing, nee Carpenter, to Boxford to stay with her parents, my great Grandmother Mary and Grandfather Charles Carpenter at Tinywent Corner - a little cottage with a well... [more]
Shared on 09 August 2006
Extracts From Flatford & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Flatford, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
This shows the overflow pond which was the location of Constable's 'The Haywain' (1821). The mill, which dates from c1730, occupies the site of a mill which has stood here since at least the 14th century. The mill house was the home of Golding Constable and his family from 1765 to 74, and it remained in their possession until the 1840s.... [more]
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It was Flatford and nearby East Bergholt which provided the young John Constable with the inspiration for many of his fine paintings. Flatford Mill, built in 1733, featured in several of Constable's works. This thatched cottage is called, appropriately enough, Bridge Cottage.
This is an extract from Suffolk Photographic Memories.
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Beside the quiet mill-pond at Flatford Mill stands Willy Lott's Cottage, instantly recognisable as the setting for Constable's famous painting 'The Hay Wain'. Willy Lott, the mill-hand, is reputed to have lived in this cottage for eighty-eight years. It was Flatford and nearby East Bergholt which provided the young John Constable with the inspiration for many of his fine paintings.
This is an extract from East Anglia.
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