Monks Eleigh
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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
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
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
Extracts From Monks Eleigh & Suffolk books
The monks referred
to in the village’s
name are the monks
of Canterbury, who
were lords of the
manor and patrons of
the living. The pump
in the foreground was
made by Ransomes &
Sims of Ipswich; it
was presented to the
village in 1854 by
William Makin of
Hall Farm, which can
be seen to the right of
the church. The white
Gothic archway on
the left was the
entrance to the
school, built in the
grounds of the former
parish workhouse.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".
Thatched roofs abound. While wheat straw is often used as the roofing material, the chances are that these houses will be thatched with longer-lasting reed from the Broads. The church and green were once the subject of railway posters promoting Suffolk.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
The thatched 15th-century Swan Inn, owned by Ind Coope, closed in 1983 and reopened as a free house in 1984. Following
the closure of the post office and stores in March 2003, a community shop and post office opened in the barn of the Swan in
December 2003.The single-decker bus is approaching another now closed shop selling Walls ice cream.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".
This tapering green with the church at the top is very similar to the green at Long Melford, although it is smaller. The primary school (left), built as an elementary school in 1872, was demolished in 1985. The buildings round the green date from the 18th to 19th centuries, with the exception of the 17th-century barn with a hipped and thatched roof to the right of the church.
An extract from from"East Anglia".
In this view the church seems to close the end of the village green. The three groups of cottages are timber-framed and date from the 17th and 18th centuries. There is a white brick Gothic battlemented arch between the first and second group. The pump was the gift of William Makin, farmer at the Hall, in 1854; it was made by Ransomes & Sims of Ipswich.
An extract from from"Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".