Ditton, Ditchfield Road c.1965
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Photo of Ditton, Ditchfield Road c.1965

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Any early farmstead close to the coast would have been an easy target for raiders and so probably needed defensive ditches - 'Ditton' means a farmstead with a ditch or dyke nearby. The name also survived through the centuries in 'Ditchfield' Hall which gave this road its name in the 19th century.

Memories of Ditton, Ditchfield Road c1965

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I lived in Ditchfield in the 1930s and went to Ditton Hall mixed school. Eddie Murphy was our headmaster, he was a very good teacher as they all were. It was a small school then but a good school, with respect for the teachers.