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Stowmarket, Suffolk
Stowmarket maps
Historic maps of Stowmarket and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Stowmarket maps
Historic map of Stowmarket
Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk
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Stowmarket books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Stowmarket and the local area. View all Stowmarket books
Newmarket Town and City Memories
Paperback
$26
Suffolk Living Memories
Paperback
$28
Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
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Memories of Stowmarket
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Suffolk memories
family connection to the Shoulder of Mutton
My great great grandfather was Richard Thurston and I believe that his family lived at the pub about 1845.
They had several children Deborah,John Palmer,Mary Jane,Richard and William Mumford (thurston) His wife was Susannah.
John Palmer Thurston was my great grandfather.
My grandfather William John Thurston emigrated to Australia in 1910 with his wife Agnes Alice Thurston(nee Stillwell) from Sussex.
Shared on 11 January 2008
this is only one of many wonderful memories i went to school in needham market the junior school and lived at darmsden we were picked up and taken to school by a mini bus we lived in three places in darmsden the 2nd place was right next door to a strawberry field one of many owned by tarston farms further up... [more]
Shared on 21 January 2008
We visited Gipping in 2003 to try to get a sense of the place our ancestors left in 1859 to start a new life in New Zealand. The flatness of the area was a significant contrast to the rugged coastal lands they farmed on their arrival in Little Akaloa, Canterbury. William Henry Elliss and his wife Sophia Rebecca Davey were resident... [more]
Shared on 21 June 2009
My great great great grandfather Robert James was born in Darmsden in 1816. He married Maria ? when. They had a daughter Emily b.1852. Is there anyone in the area with the surname James that may be able to help me with my geneology search? Others in my family were born in and around Bosmere, Needham Market.... [more]
Shared on 27 February 2010
I went to Elmswell primary and I would like to find a few friends from there, one in particular, Jessica.
Shared on 05 December 2009
I'm sure I remember a Harry Elmer......did he have a shop in Elmswell or did he rent out motor cars or even caravans from Woolpit?
I was born in Elmswell in 1947 and the name certainly rings a very loud bell and was constantly mentioned in our household at the time.
Shared on 11 November 2007
Hi there. Harry Elmer (who I understand was my GGrandad's brother) owned and ran this Mill into the 1940s. The Muggeridge Collection has some wonderful images of him replendent in the very gentlemanly working clothes of a miller of his ilk, and still working in his 80's. Anecdotally Elmers Mill in Woolpit and Drinkstone Mill close by were dead ringers for... [more]
Shared on 06 July 2006
I was so excited to see Friday Lane Cottage in the picture of Hitcham. We rented that cottage in 1961 & loved living there. I have fond memories of walking through the churchyard to the village shop & sometimes, on a Friday evening, going to the local pub whicch had a great atmosphere. I can't recall the name... [more]
Shared on 24 January 2010
Extracts From Stowmarket & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Stowmarket, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
We are looking west from the canal towpath towards the town, with the church spire in the centre distance. The industrial complex is the tannery of Edward Stow, established in Milton Road from 1896 to 1904. There are maltings against the skyline to the right. Out of view to the right are the railway line and the Suffolk Iron Foundry.
This is an extract from Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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We are looking west towards Station Road and the church - the delicate spire was added to the tower in 1712. The Stowmarket Co-op on the left has been rebuilt. On the corner is Fidler's, menswear, taken over by Tydeman's in 1997. On the right is Stannard's, now in rebuilt premises, but here since c1916 and inventors of the Stannard Safety... [more]
This is an extract from East Anglia.
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
We are looking west towards Station Road and the church - the delicate spire was added to the tower in 1712. The British Legion (left) remains today, but the Stowmarket Co-op next door has been rebuilt. On the corner is Fidler's, menswear, taken over by Tydeman's in 1997. On the right is Stannard's, now in rebuilt premises, but here since c1916... [more]
This is an extract from Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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