View From Churchyard c1960, Sible Hedingham
View From Churchyard c1960, Sible Hedingham Ref: S276012
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Sible Hedingham & local memories
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Growing up in Wonderland
In the mid and late forties I attended Kingsmuir Boarding School in what is known today as Alderford Grange. It was owned and mastered by Ms Francis. We were told that the building had once been the Inn attached to the Bell PH next door. During my attendance the interior was extensively rebuilt, even the deep wooden sink in the kitchen was replaced, along with the ancient lath and plaster walls. While leveling the interior open patio, at the end of the "kitchen" garden, the workmen's tools literally fell through the floor. The hole turned out to be part of the cellar of the adjacent pub. One wall was lined with hundreds of pewter mugs, all had broken glass bottoms. Next day they had all disappeared and later the hole was filled as part of the remodeling. The nearby malt house was then a warehouse full of wooden doors and window frames. These were removed thus restoring the interior to its original state, including the... Read more
Where I Grew Up.
I lived most of my life in Sible Hedingham, as a family we moved there from London in 1962. I was just 2 years old at the time. My father Robert Farren, "Bob" as he was best known and my mother Ivy, took over the licence of The White Lion, Church Street. Growing up I never imagined that I would ever live anywhere but there. My parents retired after 28 years behind the bar.
The White Lion can be seen in picture S276003 of Church Street, it is the second building on the right hand side of the photograph. The first building is, or I should say was a General Store. You could buy just about anything there from linens, clothing and yarn to cheese and sugar. It closed somewhere around 1972 and was turned into a private residence. The Lion was originally a workhouse and had several cottages on the premises, two of which I can still remember - they were in what is now the car park.... Read more
Church Street
My name is Jan Scott nee Boreham, my father's name was Peter and my mother's name was Elsie, my brother's name Andy. We too lived in Church Street in the Cottages opposite the White Lion and next door to Mr & Mrs Yeldham, and my mother used to work at the stores across the road then called Cloughleys. I remember the Farrant family very well, in fact Sue lived next door to us in Park Fields when we moved into our new home in the early 1970s. So many memories, I love this picture of Church Street...
Richard Moss, Samuel Nott b. 1811?
Ancestors Richard Moss and his cousin Samuel Nott were from Sible Hedingham according to the 1841 and 1851 census. Richard was a brick maker and carter. Are there any traces of these family still in the village? They relocated to Rotherham before 1840 but I'd like to trace Richard's ancestors.
The Newmans of Sible Hedingham
Researching my maternal family tree, I have found that my Grandfather's family originally came from Sible Hedingham and Castle Hedingham. John Newman's occupation was given as stockman and his wife Jane worked as a straw plaiter. This was in approx. 1876/77. Are there any Newmans still residing in either of those two places? It is thought that they lived in Church Street, and John's father was james Newman. Can anyone give me information on the occupation of straw plaiter? I intend to visit Sible Hedingham in the not too distant future to do some more research, quite a trip as I live in North Devon.
