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Lavenham, Suffolk
Lavenham maps
Historic maps of Lavenham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Lavenham maps
Historic map of Lavenham
Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk
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Lavenham books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Lavenham and the local area. View all Lavenham books
Newmarket Town and City Memories
Paperback
$26
Suffolk Living Memories
Paperback
$28
Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
14 Lavenham photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Lavenham
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Suffolk memories
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
Dad was the village policeman, PC 39. Our family name was Moss. We lived outside the village near the T junction to Little Waldingfield (two farm houses, we lived in one of them). Dad, mum and my 4 sisiters. We all attended Gt. Waldingfield school (next to the church then). Miss Bowers was the teacher. She lived with her mum and... [more]
Shared on 26 February 2009
I, Bill Rodgers was in the United States Air Force stationed at RAF Wethersfield. My wife Phyllis, son Michael and I lived on the Heath Estates, Great Waldingfield from 1962 to 1965. Michael, age 5 attended the Folly Road Primary School in Great Waldingfield. Our daughter Michelle was born in the Sudbury hospital in 1964. We had... [more]
Shared on 12 November 2007
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 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
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
I am putting this on here to contact Carefree....did you go to Clare Secondary School and start in 1 Alpha? If so you sat next to me on your first day at school there!!!! If so I have thought of you no end of times over the years and wondered how you have got on. looks as if the answer may... [more]
Shared on 17 August 2009
When I was a child I lived in foster care in Hartest and one of my fondest memories is of riding my bike down Harvest Hill. Many years have gone by since my carefree, days of feeling the joy of rideing that bike and the fun I had going down that hill. I now live in Biloxi, Missouri in the USA... [more]
Shared on 28 July 2009
Extracts From Lavenham & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Lavenham, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
This is one of the best-known churches in Suffolk. Apart from the chancel, the entire church was rebuilt in c1485-1525. The finance was provided by the de Veres, the Springs and other families, most of whom were connected with the cloth trade. Cliff Richard performed here at a Mission in 1972, and the author and his wife Dorothy were married here... [more]
This is an extract from Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories
This is one of the best-known churches in England. It was rebuilt, except for the 14th-century chancel, between c1485 and 1525. The money was provided by the de Veres, Earls of Oxford and lords of the manor, the Spring family, wealthy clothiers, and many others connected with the woollen cloth trade. The exterior bears shields and heraldic devices of the de Vere and Spring... [more]
This is an extract from Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories.
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This early 16th-century timber building was commissioned by the Guild of Corpus Christi, a trade organisation which regulated the local industry of wool production. The heavy oak studwork - far more than is required for structural stability - reflects the wealth of the wool trade.
This is an extract from Suffolk Photographic Memories.
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