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Kersey, Suffolk

Kersey photos

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Kersey maps

Historic maps of Kersey and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Kersey maps

Kersey map

Historic map of Kersey

Suffolk map

Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk

Kersey map

Historic Map of any Kersey postcode

Kersey maps
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Kersey 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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Kersey books
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Memories of Kersey

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Suffolk memories

Josphen Culling

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 by Christine Harris.

Historical Information

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 by Don Johnson.

Can you help??

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 by Gloria Miller.

Stone Street, Boxford

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

The Carpenters of Boxford

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 by Alan Lloyd.

My Early Years

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 by Steve Clark.

Family

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 by Linda Upson.

Society Farm

In 2001 my husband Derek and I visited Assington. We had been researching Derek's family history, and had discovered that his great-great-grandfather John Crisell was the bailiff, in the middle of the 19th century,at Society Farm, Assington.
We were unable to find the farm, but called at a farm shop in the middle of the village, and were told that this... [more]

Shared on 27 August 2006 by Rosemary Bennett.

Extracts From Kersey & Suffolk books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Kersey, inspired by Frith photos.

Suffolk Living Memories

The name Kersey means 'cress island', a fact to contemplate when crossing the Brett by bridge or ford. At the top of the hill is one of the best-known views in Suffolk. On the left, Bridge House has a shop window from a former sweet shop. Across the bridge, Ye Olde River House is dated 1490.

This is an extract from Suffolk Living Memories.
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories

This view, looking from the church tower towards the water-splash of the Brett, shows a very different regard for timber-framed buildings from today. The thatched cottage on the right has an early AA metal sign, giving mileages to local villages. The next building down had been Goymour's the butchers until 1950. Beyond the splash is the timbered Bell Inn, and above... [more]

Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories

Views of Kersey are among the best known picturesque images of Suffolk. The terrace stepping down the hill on the left is dated 1880. The pump (just visible to the right of the steps) has now been joined by a Coronation seat. On the skyline are the lych-gate, built in memory of Sidney Arthey, who died in the First World War, and the National School of 1873.

This is an extract from Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories.
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