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Hitcham, Suffolk
Hitcham maps
Historic maps of Hitcham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hitcham maps
Historic map of Hitcham
Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk
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Hitcham books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Hitcham and the local area. View all Hitcham books
Newmarket Town and City Memories
Paperback
$26
Suffolk Living Memories
Paperback
$28
Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
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Memories of Hitcham
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I was so excited to see Friday Lane Cottage in the picture of Hitcham. We rented that cottage in 1961 & loved living there. I have fond memories of walking through the churchyard to the village shop & sometimes, on a Friday evening, going to the local pub whicch had a great atmosphere. I can't recall the name... [more]
Shared on 24 January 2010
Suffolk memories
Hi, I guess it's one of those things you do as you get older, to take a walk down memory lane and to do a little bit of reminiscing. I was doing such a thing when I came across this photo of the village in Bildeston and saw the old house in the High Street that as a child and also... [more]
Shared on 26 June 2008
Joseph Culling was my Great Great Grandfather, he was born in Offton in 1819. He married an Eliza who was born in 1802 in Semer, they had 4 children, Charles, Emma, Patience and Dinah (my great grandmother). Does anyone know of this family, they are very elusive and I cannot find many references to them.
Christine Harris
Shared on 10 March 2009
Hi I am from New Zealand and from information I have my ancestors came from Semer the male name is johnson and the Female maiden name was Cuthbert, the only info I have indicates that they lived there in the mid 1700's i would be plesed to know any information about the town etc or if any Johnsons or Cuthberts still... [more]
Shared on 13 December 2006
My maiden name is GAME and I've just started researching that side of my family tree, unfortunately due to the fact my dad didn't know too much about his dad's side of the family I had to send away for my Grandad's birth certificate. On receiving the certificate it placed his birth in Brent Eleigh and I was then away. I... [more]
Shared on 05 June 2008
Hello, I'm looking for a dear friend, his name was Robert Smith and he had a brother by the name of Peter Smith. I took Bob Smith to Australia in 1973, but I returned in 1975, leaving Bob out there. Later Bob's mum went out there to live with him, can anyone give me the address, or is it possible that someone... [more]
Shared on 20 February 2010
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
Hi there. Harry Elmer (who I understand was my GGrandad's brother) owned and ran this Mill into the 1940s. The Muggeridge Collection has some wonderful images of him replendent in the very gentlemanly working clothes of a miller of his ilk, and still working in his 80's. Anecdotally Elmers Mill in Woolpit and Drinkstone Mill close by were dead ringers for... [more]
Shared on 06 July 2006
Extracts From Hitcham & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Hitcham, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
This shows Old Hall (the former medieval Guildhall), the church, Church Lane, Friday Cottage (far right), Fen Lane with its finger post, and the bridge over the river Brett. One of the cottages in the row was occupied by Frederick Butcher, the parish gravedigger. The three were converted into one in the late 1990s, although the positions of the doors and... [more]
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
This photograph was taken from outside the former Guildhall. The porch of c1470 and the battlements have flint flushwork patterns. The unusual clerestory windows were created in the 15th century by altering earlier quatrefoil windows, which remain on the less fashionable north side. The chancel was rebuilt in the 1878 restoration.
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Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories
The church of St Andrew with its distinctive wooden spire was restored in 1862. The south aisle with its square-headed windows was rebuilt in 1887 by a bequest of William King. The gable cross has gone, and clock faces have been inserted into the tower roundels; otherwise the view is unchanged today.
This is an extract from Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories.
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