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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
Contributed by Rosemary Bennett
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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
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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The Carpenters of Boxford
I would like to add a memory of Boxford, no, wonderful memories that I have of Boxford 65 years ago.
As a child of four, I was evacuated with my grandmother Mary Jane Farthing, nee Carpenter, to Boxford to stay with her parents, my great Grandmother Mary and Grandfather Charles Carpenter at Tinywent Corner - a little cottage with a well and a toilet way up the end of the garden.
The start of this adventure suddenly went haywire when the train stopped at Marks Tey, and we had to walk the rest of the way to Boxford.
Looking up Swan Street, the school I attended would have been behind me, and also the village hall. This was our meeting place ...read more here
A memory of Boxford contributed by Alan Lloyd
Extracts From Assington & Suffolk books
The post office (note the recruiting posters on its wall, right) was kept by Henry Chatters. Beyond is the Shoulder of Mutton, whose landlord Frederick Godday was also a butcher. The white gabled building (centre left) has been the post office since the 1940s. At the end is the School House, occupied by Richard Cobb. The school was built in 1844 and closed in 1984.
An extract from from"Suffolk - A Second Selection 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".
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".