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Westleton, Suffolk
Westleton maps
Historic maps of Westleton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Westleton maps
Historic map of Westleton
Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk
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Westleton books
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Suffolk Living Memories
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
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5 Westleton photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Westleton
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My name is Alan Trageser and I was an American Airman living in Westleton from 1981 to 1985. My son was born at Ipswich hospital.
My greatest memories are of the wonderful people I met there like the older couple that befriended me, I called him Gramps and his wife Jess, and my friends like Adam (Gramps's grandson) and the... [more]
Shared on 19 April 2009
Edward Charles Friend was my father. His first wife died in 1930, he married my mother in February 1933 and I was born in December that year. Dad died in 1957, aged 88, and active until about three weeks before he died. He was a wonderful man, everyone loved him, I would love to know more of your side of the... [more]
Shared on 10 September 2009
Eddie Friend, miller and millwright at Westleton
My great great uncle, Edward Charles Friend, was listed on the 1901 Census as miller and wheelwright at Westleton. He was born at Wenhaston 10 April 1869, the ninth child and fifth son of Samuel and Sarah Friend (nee Driver) who married at Easton on 1 October 1849.
Shared on 03 July 2009
Suffolk memories
My earliest memory of Greyfriars in Dunwich was probably driving down the hill in my grandfather's old car in 1960 as he brought me to my new home at The Barne Arms Hotel. I had been at boarding school at Dollar in Scotland, and my grandfather had met me off the train in London and driven me along the tortuous roads... [more]
Shared on 22 November 2007
I spent my teenage years in Dunwich, and in retrospect they were wonderful. Freedom, long walks, the beach and sea, cliffs, marshes and the old tank defences from WWII. My best friend Justin North, who lived at 'Marshside' opposite me at The Ship, and I spent hours during those years, roaming, swimming, canoeing, making carts to career down the hill from... [more]
Shared on 22 November 2007
My parents owned and ran The Ship Inn from 1960 to 1975. My father a retired soldier and wartime paratrooper had taken early retirement to buy the business, then called The Barne Arms Hotel after the estate. The new Inn sign was based on the Blue Peter logo from the BBC Children's programme (from whom he'd got permission to use a... [more]
Shared on 22 November 2007
My father always said that the Whites should have stayed at Wenhaston Grange rather than moving to Boulge Hall - it was a far more manageable and charming house. I don't know when the Whites had Wenhaston, or for how long. Nor do I know if there is a house called Wenhaston Grange. Maybe there was only ever Wenhaston Hall which... [more]
Shared on 16 September 2009
I grew up on Church Lane. I had an auntie and uncle living on each side. We had a well for about 10 cottages. I know that the Lane has a different name now. My sisters and I used to play at the big white house at the top of the hill and in the churchyard. We went to the school... [more]
Shared on 19 December 2008
Extracts From Westleton & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Westleton, inspired by Frith photos.
Southwold to Aldeburgh Photographic Memories
Old England can still be found in villages like these, and even today Westleton is a delight to explore, with church and green and very particular ducks on the pond. We are looking across one of the greens towards the war memorial and the old elementary school.
This is an extract from Southwold to Aldeburgh Photographic Memories.
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
At the south end of the street is a small green, with the 1964 Best Kept Village sign. On the right is Reddish, the contractors, whose van (far left) advertises 'tile and mole draining'. In the centre is Hiller's Garage, now Scarlett, with the skeleton framework of the present workshop, which will block the view of the church from here.
This is an extract from Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories.
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
The tower fell in 1770 and has been replaced by a brick bellcote. Near the priest's door is a monument for the Rev John Hall and his wife Emily, who were with the Church Missionary Society in Palestine for 26 years. He was vicar here for 14 years; she died in 1920, he in 1921. Side by side lie two Westleton war casualties,... [more]
This is an extract from Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories.
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