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Woolpit, Suffolk
Woolpit maps
Historic maps of Woolpit and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Woolpit maps
Historic map of Woolpit
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Woolpit books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Woolpit and the local area. View all Woolpit 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 Woolpit
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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
Suffolk memories
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
Hello, I'm looking for a dear friend, his name was Robert Smith and he had a brother by the name of Peter Smith. I took Bob Smith to Australia in 1973, but I returned in 1975, leaving Bob out there. Later Bob's mum went out there to live with him, can anyone give me the address, or is it possible that someone... [more]
Shared on 20 February 2010
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
I atended primary school in Walsham from 1953 to 1955, my father was stationed at Shepards Grove. We lived in West House about a mile out of town toward Bury St Edmonds. I enjoyed my time in school there. My wife and I made a trip back to places I lived at and we went through Walsham and I remembered most... [more]
Shared on 02 August 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
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 Woolpit & Suffolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Woolpit, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Most of the buildings are timber-framed, although it is only at the far end that they retain their original appearance. This group includes the Bull (centre left) and the late 15th-century Weaver's House beyond the parked car. On the right is a former 16th-century pub with a decorative Victorian front. The shop at the near corner is Addison's, established in 1889.... [more]
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Suffolk Villages Photographic Memories
This is a double hammer beam roof, an exclusively East Anglian structure of which Suffolk has two-thirds of the total. There are 106 angels on the hammers, wall plate and wall posts, all with outstretched wings hovering over the congregation at worship. At the end is the Canopy of Honour, which may have been part of the original design, but which was most probably... [more]
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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
The inn occupied both of these buildings. The one to the left is 16th-century, with a brick façade of 1759. The taller building was erected in 1826. The inn has closed, the urn has gone from the niche, and the petrol pumps have been removed. The village pump commemorates Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1897. The corners of the shelter are carved... [more]
This is an extract from Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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