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Freston, Suffolk
Freston maps
Historic maps of Freston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Freston maps
Historic map of Freston
Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk
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Freston books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Freston and the local area. View all Freston books
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 Freston
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Suffolk memories
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
I loved going in the Ancient House as a child. Lots of stationary and books. I remember the floors squeaked.Shame it is no longer a book store.
Shared on 01 July 2009
I worked at Bowhill Elliot and White shoe store at the top of The Walk in 1960 Every morning I walked through here to go to work. I still e-mail a friend who worked at Turners Photography also in The Walk. We were like a family in The Walk, greeting each other every day, and going to lunch.
Shared on 01 July 2009
The shoe shop at number 44 was Thomas Alderton and Son, shown on the 1871 census as the family living there, presumably above the shop, it was still there in 1985 with the original street frontage, is it there now?
Shared on 31 January 2009
Extracts From Freston & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Freston, inspired by Frith photos.
Coastal Suffolk may not be the first place you would think of for a skyscraper, but the charming Tudor redbrick folly Freston Tower could fit the bill, albeit in a scaled-down manner. It was probably built by prominent Ipswich merchant Thomas Gooding aroung 1550 as a study for his daughter.
This is an extract from Ipswich Photographic Memories.
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Freston is well known for the Freston Elizabethan tower overlooking the estuary, the Boot public house, and the parish church. This was restored in 1875 and faced with beach pebbles, and a curious vestry was added to the south side. Internally the beams that supported the rood screen can still be seen.
This is an extract from Suffolk Living Memories.
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St Mary's, one of the largest in Suffolk, is not a typical Suffolk wool church, and has an elegant lead spire. Inside is the 600-year-old Angelus Bell, one of the oldest in the country, which is inscribed 'Ave Maria Gracia Plena Dominus Tecum'. Perhaps the man who made the bell had other things on his mind when it came to putting in the inscription, as he forgot to invert the words laterally in... [more]
This is an extract from Ispwich Pocket Album.
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