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Fornham St Martin, Suffolk
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Fornham St Martin maps
Historic maps of Fornham St Martin and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Fornham St Martin maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk
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Fornham St Martin books
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Suffolk Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
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Memories of Fornham St Martin
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Suffolk memories
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
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
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
I'm sure I remember a Harry Elmer......did he have a shop in Elmswell or did he rent out motor cars or even caravans from Woolpit?
I was born in Elmswell in 1947 and the name certainly rings a very loud bell and was constantly mentioned in our household at the time.
Shared on 11 November 2007
Extracts From Fornham St Martin & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Fornham St Martin, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
The south aisle was added in 1870 in memory of the Rev E Hogg. Inside there are monuments to Sir William Gilstrap, a pottery manufacturer, of Fornham Park (who died in 1896) and Henry Claughton, an HMI in West Suffolk for 38 years (he died in 1924). Beyond are The Woolpack Inn and the Reading Room, given by the Sultan of Johore in 1886.
This is an extract from Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories.
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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.
This is an extract from Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories.
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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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