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Fornham All Saints maps

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Suffolk map

Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk

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Fornham All Saints books

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Suffolk Living Memories
Paperback
£14

Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Fornham All Saints books
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Memories of Fornham All Saints

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Suffolk memories

Steel's Grocers

In 1861 my Great, Great, Great Grandfather Charles Frederick Whiskin worked for the Steel family in their grocer's shop situated in the Butter Market.  Charles came originally from Black Friars in London and was born in 1832.  He learnt his trade from the Steels and went on to own his own shop in Aylesbury Buckinghamshire which he ran with his wife... [more]

Shared on 11 July 2008 by Tammalyn Williams.

So Many Happy Hours

I spent so many happy summer holidays in Great Barton, and in particular Conyers Green where my Aunt Norah Lovelace lived in a cottage next to the old chapel building.  I cycled often to the village store/post office, and to my friend's parent's farm up the lane at the side of the cottage, their name was Rolfe and we had many... [more]

Shared on 03 August 2008 by Shirley Waters.

Lawshall shop

In the 1930s my grandparents had a small general store/shop at the crossroads in Lawshall. It has long since converted back to a cottage and has an extension where the shop used to be we think. They left there before the Second World War. Does anyone remember them or have a photo? Their names were Albert Pratt and Violet (Cissie)... [more]

Shared on 29 October 2009 by Bob Shepherd.

I miss it....

I was looking for pictures of the mansion and church. I lived in Barton Mills as a young girl... American girl....lived across the village green... I am still holding bottles I dug up at the mansion. With love, Bobbi.

Shared on 11 November 2008 by Bobbi Nowlen.

Extracts From Fornham All Saints & Suffolk books

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Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories

This photograph shows the churchyard just before the removal of the monuments in 1958, although the rails have already been removed.

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Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories

This shows the early 16th-century nave and aisle designed by John Wastell, the architect of King's College, Cambridge. Sir George Scott designed the hammer-beam roof and the chancel (1865-69). The chancel was demolished in the 1960s, when the new choir and crossing were begun. The building of the central crossing tower is now under way, and should be completed in 2003.... [more]

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Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories

The monuments have been removed, and the area has been laid to lawn. On the right, we see evidence of the building work which was under way from 1964 to 1970. The chapel on the side of the chancel now forms part of the transept of the crossing.

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