Brent 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
Contributed by Linda Upson
Suffolk memories
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
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
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
Extracts From Brent Eleigh & Suffolk books
On the left, the new
chalet bungalow is for
sale. The weather-
boarded former water
mill, trading as Brent
Eleigh Tools (centre left),
was converted into a
dwelling c1990; the mill
machinery and stones
were preserved in the
conversion. The red brick
almshouses on the right,
founded by Edward
Coleman in 1731, were
modernised in 1966.
Beyond is High Bank, a
medieval hall house.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".
Both the Post Office, now Swan Cottage and Tudor Cottage date from the 17th century. The larger house with the dramatic jetty (centre) is Highbank, a medieval hall house. The thatched extension at this end has been demolished. The imposing brick building beyond is the Colman Almshouses of 1731. The River Brett flows parallel to the street on the right.
An extract from from"Suffolk Living Memories".
The post office, now Swan Cottage, displayed advertisements for Walls ice cream and Bird’s Eye
frozen foods. The wooden cycle stand is positioned in front of the bay window with its tempting
display. The post office closed c1972. The thatched extension at this end of the medieval High Bank
has since been demolished. The street is now a cul-de-sac, following the opening of the by-pass in
the 1980s.
An extract from from"Sudbury, Lavenham and Long Melford Photographic Memories".
The River Brett curves
around the farmhouse,
now at the blocked end
of the village street
nearest to Monks Eleigh.
The building dates from
c1480, although brick
and plaster cover the
timber frame. Its present
appearance dates from
1880, when it was part of
the estate owned by
Walter Brown of Brent
Eleigh Hall.
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".