Great Waldingfield
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Memories of Three Happy Years
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 a wonderful time in Great Waldingfield, with wonderful neighbors. We visit England at least once a year. My wife is from Leicester, England whom I married in 1959.
Two years ago we attended our friend's (old neighgbor) 50th wedding anniversary in Red Lodge, England. We frequently visit with our friends durning our trips to England. ...read more here
Contributed by Bill Rodgers
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Memories of Three Happy Years
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 a wonderful time in Great Waldingfield, with wonderful neighbors. We visit England at least once a year. My wife is from Leicester, England whom I married in 1959.
Two years ago we attended our friend's (old neighgbor) 50th wedding anniversary in Red Lodge, England. We frequently visit with our friends durning our trips to England. ...read more here
A memory of Great Waldingfield contributed by Bill Rodgers
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
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 had been Society Farm, but had changed its name to Willow Tree Farm. The reason it had been called Society Farm was that Sir John Gurdon, of Assington Hall, had set up a co-operative agricultural experiment on the farm in the 1830s in an effort to help the villagers. Some years later, John Crisell was appointed bailiff, and had lived ...read more here
A memory of Assington contributed by Rosemary Bennett
Extracts From Great Waldingfield & Suffolk books
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".
The Newton Green
Sudbury Golf Course was
established in 1907, and it
had its headquarters at the
Saracen’s Head, visible in
the distance. The course ‘...
is over an open common of
52 acres, with nine holes
2,750 yards in length’. The
subscriptions in 1910 were
£1 9s (£1.45) for gentlemen
and 16s (80p) for ladies,
with a daily rate of 1s (5p)
for visitors. The A134 runs
in front of the rows of cottages.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".
The nave of All Saints’ Church is Norman, with later windows of c1300. Only the chancel is now used for worship; the rest of
the building is in the care of the Redundant Churches Fund. The 14th-century wooden porch has been restored and glazed.
On the north wall of the nave is a sequence of paintings of the life of the Virgin. The 15th-century pulpit has an inscription
asking for prayers for Richard Mondi and Leticie his wife. In the chancel is the canopied effigy of Margaret Boteler (d1410).
The rector in 1907 was the Rev Alfred Wren.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".
The church of St Lawrence has twin rood-stair turrets – these are usually found in much larger churches, such as St Mary’s,
Bury St Edmunds. The south porch dates from 1466. The tower has stone figures at the corners instead of pinnacles. The
whole church was restored in 1872. The vicar in 1906 was the Rev John Brown.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".