Chelsworth
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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 in my early teens I lived in with my parents. When we lived there it was the local fish and chip shop. We also had a mobile shop that my dad used to take around to the outlying areas, to Watisham and Lavenham, I believe. Those were good days. There are many memories of my years in the primary school ...read more here
A memory of Bildeston contributed by Steve Clark
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 live there thank you Don Johnson
A memory of Semer contributed by Don Johnson
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 discovered my family went back to about 1750 in this delightful village, it could go back further but I haven't yet looked.
I visited Brent Eleigh and St Mary's church and what a lovely place tucked away in Suffolk, the church is set in a small area surrounded by trees, it was so peaceful. I found my GG Uncle and ...read more here
A memory of Brent Eleigh contributed by Linda Upson
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 at some stage and married in West Ham, Essex. His father's name was Walter Balaam. Hope someone living in Boxford, Suffolk remembers the Balaam Family.
Annne
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Extracts From Chelsworth & Suffolk books
The Old Forge dates from c1500; note the blocked mullion window on the side, the double-jettied front and the octagonal
16th-century chimney stacks. In the early 19th century this was the forge and home of Thomas Tampin, the blacksmith.
The Village Hall is set back on the left beyond the forge. The River Brett runs parallel to the road over to the right.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".
This is taken from the ‘tongues’ in the middle of the River Brett, adjacent to the two 18th-century hump-backed bridges. The Peacock is early 15th-century. The shop, which closed in 1977, was in the gable wing. The beerhouse and shop were run together; the former was called the Peacock after the mother of the two sisters who sold it to the brewery.
An extract from from"Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".
The early 15th-century
Peacock Inn, with its
magnificent cowled central
chimney stack, was named
after a former owner, not the
exotic bird. The River Brett is
spanned by two 18th-century
hump-backed bridges, one of
which is dated 1754. The
house on the right has since
been rebuilt with dormer windows.
An extract from from"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.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".
This is the rear view of the Saracen’s Head pub; from c1900 to c1930 it was run by Miss Florence Glass, the third generation
of her family at the pub since c1850. The pub had its own maltings in the range of buildings alongside. The photograph was
taken from the golf course, established in 1907. The A134 Sudbury to Colchester road runs left to right in front of the pub.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".