Monks Eleigh, The Green c.1960
Photo ref: M270005
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This tapering green with the church at the top is very similar to the green at Long Melford, although it is smaller. The primary school (left), built as an elementary school in 1872, was demolished in 1985. The buildings round the green date from the 18th to 19th centuries, with the exception of the 17th-century barn with a hipped and thatched roof to the right of the church.

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A Selection of Memories from Monks Eleigh

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Monks Eleigh

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My GGGGreat Grand Father had the big red house at the end of the main road beside the bridge and this was a pub called the red lion. He had it until his death in 1825. His name was James Fynn and his wife Martha. She died soon after and left five children.
I have many memories of Monks Eleigh. Although only 4 years of age, the sights I saw during the Battle of Britain in and around Monks Eleigh are vivid. Mother and I moved there in 1940, following Father who was with a searchlight regiment. We spent some time in a Tudor-style home known as "Hobarts" and some in "The Bungalow", then owned by a Mrs Gilmour. In the early 1990s I revisited Monks Eleigh ...see more