Woolpit, Suffolk

Harry Elmer

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.

Elmers Mill - Family History

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]

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]

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]

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]