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Leavenheath maps
Historic maps of Leavenheath and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Leavenheath maps
Leavenheath photos
We have no photos of Leavenheath, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Assington| Boxford| Bures| Newton Green| Little Cornard| Great Cornard| Kersey| Great Waldingfield| Middleton| Little Waldingfield| Sudbury| Hadleigh| Acton| White Colne| Semer| Earls Colne| Long Melford
Leavenheath area books
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Memories of Leavenheath
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Land Army Girls
I am looking for any Land Army Girls who were billeted in the Hostel at Plough Lane, Leavenheath.
Would like to hear from you as I am compiling a history of the site.
Essex memories
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER MY DAD?
My dear dad, who is 90, was as a small child sent to live on a farm in Stoke By Nayland, as he was orphaned. It would be between about 1924-1929. He has very happy memories of staying with the farmer and his wife. Dad was also a choir boy at the local church. His name is Dennis Craddock, and he would love to hear from anyone (still alive!) that might remember him. We are planning a trip to Stoke by Nayland before the end of the year.
'Threeways Cafe', Bures
My dad and mum owned the Threeways Cafe in Bures for a while in the late 1950s, they where Eddie and Margaret Morris. If anyone remembers them I would like to see their memories.
Mary
My Ancestors James Waters And Letty Waters (nee Cant)
James and Letty Waters, both born about 1811, are my great, great, great grandparents. In the 1841 census Letty is recorded as living in Wickham St Paul with 5 children, one of whom was Daniel, my great, great grandafther. James at the time of the census was in the Halstead House of Correction for, I think, a minor infringement though I am investigating that further. Letty Cant was born in Wickham St Paul I believe. I think James Waters was too but I am not sure about that. I think they may have married in Wickham St Paul. Letty was a straw plaiter who lived at Shellard's in Wick St Paul in 1841. My line of the family moved into London, presumably for work. I would like to track down James and Letty's parents and wonder if there are any Waters and Cants still living in Wickham St Paul who may have family connections with James and Letty. Thanks, Jo Waters
Stanway Workhouse
I have been doing a lot of family research of late. Many of my relations lived in West Bergholt from about 1820 till the present day. Samue Long died in Stanway Workhouse in 1897. I wonder if any one could help me with some information regarding this instituion, and perhaps I could find out more about Samuel. Many thanks, Tony Long
All Hot Air...or is It?
It was a beautiful hot summer's day, and we took our three children on a bike ride. We biked along the old railway track from Sudbury to Rodbridge. We saw a combine harvester in a nearby field and stopped for a while, eventually making our way up Borely Hill. As we ascended up the hill the strangest thing happened! The air suddenly went icy cold. We all felt it. The nearer to the church we got, the colder we got. It was a strange experience. We joked about the haunted church, but in the end we just put it down to natural climate change...or was it?!
My Grandparents Ran The Post Office
My grandparents, William and Rose Broadway ran the Post Office stores in the late 60's and 70's. I can vividly remember jars of sweets, Grandad boiling his own ham, getting up at 5am to give papers to the paperboy Stephen. I remember Milly and then Jean who worked there too and a customer called Doris. When the shop was closed on a Sunday afternoon I would play shops in the real shop! I think I played with a girl (Valerie) who lived in a cottage by the church. Wonderful memories. Julie Thomson
