New House, NEWBIGGINGS, GINGINSLOUVA, ROSE COTTAGE, No.5, LYDIA COTTAGE, CURLEW COTTAGE, RIVERVIEW, No.1, ATABARA, HERONS KILN, POPLARS, RIVERDALE, GENOA LODGE
alysonJuly 12, 2012
Page needs re-ordering. Known as Maybush Lane in the late 19C. On the East side. Village ] Built in 1875 by Rev. Thomas Henry Waller and eventually sold to the local Education Authority in 1904. School House together with ] a pair of Pretyman Cottages. The schoolmaster Mr Tompkins lived there. ] No.L Paddock Barn No.2 Riffhams , Ryelands ,…
alysonJuly 12, 2012
Northside - Hillcrest, Crossways - Originally a pair of Pretyman Cottages, now one house & much extended from original building. Low Farm and Camp Site.
alysonJuly 12, 2012
White Hall Cottage (now Plum Tree Cottage) An old cottage rebuilt in 1973 as a retirement cottage for Canon Trevor Waller and his wife. Unfortunately Mrs. Waller died shortly after they moved in, but Canon Trevor ] remained there until his death in 1996. Now a holiday home. White Hall - Part of the Waller inheritance, through the marriage of…
alysonJuly 12, 2012
Church Meadows - No.1, No.3, RIVER COTTAGE, MEADOW VIEW, GALLEONS on the site of a Bungalow (picture somewhere). Penny Hedge. So called as the owner found a penny in the hedge. ] Bungalows 1 2 3 , Seven Moons A modern bungalow built around an old army hut, originally named Hawthorns. The four ] maiden aunts lived there after the…
alysonJuly 12, 2012
School Road 1910 - Rural East Suffolk In Old Photographs - Edward Chilvers East side - Prior to the opening of the new school in 1875 School Road was a little used lane with only one property, Miss Mary Pretymans cottage, on the east side of the lane. The coprolite carts no doubt used the lane to reach…
alysonJuly 12, 2012
Previously called The Street, and was the main route into the village and down to the river. It avoided the ‘hill' in ‘School Road' and was an easier route for the horses. In the 19C there was a ] .Before the early years of the 20th century the lanes would have little better than cart tracks, such as we see…
alysonJuly 12, 2012
Meeting House or Chapel on this site from 1823. Large extension 2005.
alysonJuly 11, 2012
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alysonJuly 7, 2012
Born in Vevey Switerland 28/7/1817. Pensioner at Christ’s College Cambs. 9/11/1835 Pensioner Sydney Sussex College Cambridge 18/10/1836 B. A. 1840 Ordained at Chichester 1842. Curate at Bepton, Somerset 1842/1845 Rector of Waldringfield Suffolk 1848-1862 Latterly Lloyds House Tunbridge Wells and Brighton. Went to Tonbridge School, Mrs. Rowana Maud Suart, aged 45 on 1851 Census, born Somerset, no details known, believed…
alysonJuly 7, 2012
1838/1848 ] died December 1894 aged 81 years. Emmanuel Cambs. 1829. Ordained 1836
alysonJuly 7, 2012
Thomas Waller bought a half share in patronage, sharing it with the Lord Chancellor. It has passed down through the Waller family and his great grandson Alfred Waller has the half share. The Waller family have been Rectors continuously since 1862. Thomas 1862/1904 Arthur Pretyman Waller 1905/1947 Trevor Waller 1948/1974 John Waller 1974 to the present day. Rev. Thomas Henry…
alysonJuly 7, 2012
Introduction Search Calendar Patent Rolls enables searching of medieval records. Trying Waldringfield returned only an index entry so not sure what we can get from it.
alysonApril 28, 2012
There was an idea in the village that not only would we like a distinctive village sign but we would like it to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977. Audrie Fitzjohn, who lived at 3 Sunnyhill offered a design, the result of which you see today. Audrie had been sailing in Waldringfield in the Dragonfly class for many years with…
alysonApril 10, 2012
The History group remains well attended and enthusiastic. In October the group presented last year's talk on Waldringfield at Work to the Sailing Club and, in shorter form to the school. We had some lovely thank you letters from the children. Before Christmas the group printed a village calendar featuring a selection of old photographs from the village. Around two…
alysonApril 10, 2012
(the letter J beside a name indicates that the person is eligible for Jury Service) Transcribed from the copy in the Record Office. Also available in MS Word format: ELECTORAL ROLL FOR WALDRINGFIELD 15TH OCTOBER 1948 No. Surname Christian Names Address 1 Addison Cyril William 2 Woodbridge Road 2 Addison Nola I. 2 Woodbridge Road 3 Alderton Ada…
alysonJanuary 22, 2012
Coprolites are found in our region within the local crag and running in seams beneath it. Our Red Crag is the remains of the sea bed which covered this area some three million years ago. Some of the Coprolites are animal remains from Whales, Sharks and other creatures whilst the remainder is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate, along with minor…
alysonDecember 10, 2011
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alysonDecember 10, 2011
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alysonDecember 8, 2011
Fred Strange - see 1949 picture when he was 80 so presumably born 1879. Also skipper, his last ship, of "Cock of the Walk". Said nver to have been surpassed at handing a brage. Quiet, even tempered, never flurried. Known as "The Toff" as he was always smartly dressed with a neatly clipped beard. Once went to Bantry Bay in…
alysonDecember 8, 2011
Names and inscriptions to be added. Photographs of the headstones are here.
alysonDecember 7, 2011
There was a survey done in 2011 of the baptist Chapel Headstones before we had access to the 1933 survey. Both are now available as transcriptions from here. The photographs are available on a separate website Gravestone Photos for free (see link below) and also now available on Ancestry. The 2011 survey was done after the Chapel had been extended…
alysonDecember 7, 2011
The Cement Factory of Waldringfield 1872 -1907 Visitors to Waldringfield and, indeed, residents of that village might be forgiven for not knowing that it was once the site of a large cement factory. All that now remains of the industry is the quay – which passers-by would assume to have always been part of the boating business, the factory manager’s…
alysonDecember 7, 2011
Waldringfield Parish Council Footpaths EG98/B1/1 A meeting was held in the sailing clubhouse on Aug 12th 1932 at 8.00pm called by Mr. A.W. Stollery & attended by about 15 invited parishioners to consider matters in ref. to the right of way on the shore. After a brief explanation by Mr. Stollery that the reason for the meeting was that strong…
alysonDecember 5, 2011
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alysonDecember 4, 2011
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alysonMarch 18, 2011
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alysonMarch 18, 2011
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