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alyson

Barges

Three Sisters

Carried Ceement at some point. Abandoned Kirton Creek December 1927  having brought sewage sludge from Ipswich. There is a old jetty on the Southern shore of the creek. The hulk and some machinery is still visible at low water. At one time Fred Drucker was the skipper. Three Sisters at Kirton Creek - photo WHG Google Earth - Three Sisters…
alyson
March 7, 2011
Barges

Una

Main trade Muck&Straw Name Una Port of Registry Harwich Off. No. 84030 Tonnage 60 Tonnage system 0 Where built Harwich Builder Parsons&Cann When built 1882 Length ft. 84 Beam ft. 20.5 Draught ft. 7 Changes 0 Rig/Hull Mulie Owners Whitmore 1882 History Motorbarge 1945. Hulked 1955 OS Ref TQ.750.699 Location 0
alyson
March 7, 2011
BoatyardNon domestic Building

The Boatyard

On the ] quay, which was eventually bought by Mr. Alfred ]. Mr. Stollery refused an offer from a developer, who wanted to build an hotel, as he preferred to have the Nunn brothers' boatyard on the quay.
alyson
March 7, 2011
Roads & Paths

Sullivan Place

The plots on Sullivan Place were intended to be for young couples who were good at DIY, and most of the properties there were in fact built by their first owners.
alyson
March 7, 2011
Barges

Stack Trade

Barges known as Stackies "Stover Hay" for food was made into 56lb bales and bedding straw into 36lb bales. Ten wagon loads of hay into hold and twenty wagon loads of straw on deck. Straw stacked 10' to 12' high off deck and held in with stack irons. Normally loaded between 0630 and 1430 to catch HW. Return cargo of…
alyson
March 7, 2011
Roads & Paths

Sandy Lane

A continuation of ] and starts at the bend to the South. East side - ] ]. , ] , ] , ]  , No. 1. The ]  One of the oldest properties in the village, from old photographs it would appear to have been two cottages. A shop was started there in the early 1880's by Mrs. ] who…
alyson
March 7, 2011
Barges

Petrel

Main trade Cement Name Petrel Port of Registry Ipswich Off. No. 97682 Tonnage 52 Tonnage system 0 Where built Ipswich Builder Orvis When built 1892 Length ft. 81 Beam ft. 18.8 Draught ft. 6 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Mason 1892, Cranfield 1912 History Skippers Strange 1894 Catchpole 1914 Hardun 1934 Norman 1914 In Harwich Race 1897 , Yacht 1949,…
alyson
March 7, 2011
BargeBarges

Orinoco

Mersea Museum photo 1950s Skipper Ruffles 1914 Quantrill 1944. Sunk 1966, Rebuilt 1970, Restored 2002. Raced in 2013 and has a facebook page as well as being on the sailingbarges blog.   Photos TBA. Main trade Cement Name Orinoco Port of Registry London Off. No. 104862 Tonnage 70 Tonnage system 0 Where built East Greenwich Builder Hughes When built 1895…
alyson
March 7, 2011
Barges

Nautilus

We have a reference to Nautilus in the Waller Coprolite accounts. Waller accounts 1880 Nautilus Freight payment From Suffolk Record Office) Later on, apparently, Nautilus settled on a post up by Woodbridge in the 1920s and since the post was described as the best piece of timber in her we can assume that she was in poor shape by then.…
alyson
March 7, 2011
HouseNon domestic Building

Greenaways

Once ] and during WW2 a factory run by Ransomes. Notes from J.Ogden Jan 2017 How interesting.  You are right in part, but I rather suspect that your deduction about the name link is just coincidence, but we shall see. First the facts - yes Sir Clifford Paterson was married to my great great aunt Daisy (ie Liz Kennedy's great…
alyson
March 7, 2011
Barges

Grace

Main trade Cement Name Grace Port of Registry Ipswich Off. No. 65373 Tonnage 46 Tonnage system 0 Where built Ipswich Builder G.Mason When built 1874 Length ft. 76.7 Beam ft. 17.4 Draught ft. 5.5 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Mason 1874, Horlock 1913 History Skippers Quantrill 1894 , Woodcock 1894, Strange 1894. Hulked Gravesend 1938 OS Ref TQ.650.745 Location Rosherville
alyson
March 7, 2011
Barges

Fossil

Main trade Coprolite Name Fossil Port of Registry London/Ipswich Off. No. 11820 Tonnage 46 Tonnage system grt Where built Blackfriars Builder 0 When built 1853 Length ft. 70.4 Beam ft. 17.8 Draught ft. 5 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Packard&Bell 1857, Packard 1895 History Skipper Mills 1884, 1894. Sold to Air Ministry in 1916 or 1920 OS Ref 0 Location…
alyson
March 7, 2011
Plan, Diagram, PlotArticlesWork to dateWW2

Waldringfield threatens Hitler

Note:this article has been updated see ] In World War Two the Allies wanted Nazi Germany to believe that the invasion of Europe would land at Calais and not Normandy. Consequently in early 1943 a grand deception plan was devised code named  Operation Fortitude . A small part of this plan was  Operation Quicksilver . The idea was to position…
alyson
March 7, 2011
House

Deck House

So called as part of the house is the deck house of a house barge. See A Floating Home
alyson
March 6, 2011
Barges

Excelsior

Skippers Brooks 1894 Quantrill 1914 . Damaged WW2 by incendiary bomb 1941 in Ipswich & hulked outside Orvis yard in Ipswich. Hulk Visible LW Springs. There was another barge by this name which  capsized 1966 off Maplin. Google Earth - Hulk of Excelsior. Note Excelsior is the faint top hulk, the lower is an old lifting barge. Excelsior Hulk at…
alyson
March 6, 2011
House

Hermanus

Chalet bungalow built for Dr. Elizabeth Cole, daughter of Dr. Alfred ] and widow of the Rev. Cedric Cole. Built after the death of her husband and named after Hermanus, South Africa where Cedric Cole was Vicar of St. Peters. Demolished Feb 2018
alyson
March 6, 2011
House

Roy Cottage

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alyson
March 5, 2011
Barges

Elsie Bertha

Main trade Cement Name Elsie Bertha Port of Registry Rochester Off. No. 78542 Tonnage 47 Tonnage system 0 Where built Milton Builder 0 When built 1878 Length ft. 0 Beam ft. 0 Draught ft. 0 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Mason 1893 History Bought new 1878 by Masons sold Cranfields 1915 47 tons built Skippers Arthur Catchpole , Brooks 1894…
alyson
March 4, 2011
Barges

Dewdrop

Main trade Coprolite Name Dewdrop Port of Registry Ipswich Off. No. 58532 Tonnage 2 Tonnage system 0 Where built Ipswich Builder 0 When built 1867 Length ft. 58.1 Beam ft. 15.3 Draught ft. 4.1 Changes 0 Rig/Hull Sq Stern Owners Bell&Packard 1867 History Skipper Pay 1894 Skinner Woodbridge , 1887 Packards Dewdrop carried two cargoes of Coprolite from Deben to…
alyson
March 4, 2011
House

Broomfield

1898 Built as a pair of cottages, later made into a single house. The cottages and the land behind belonged to Robert Rix? who in 1905 sold the property and land to Mr. William Ogden?. The Ogden? s had been summer residents at White Hall? since 1891. At the 1901 Census? one or both cottages were occupied by the Guirr…
alyson
March 4, 2011
Barges

Augusta

Main trade Cement Name Augusta Port of Registry Ipswich Off. No. 65374 Tonnage 58 Tonnage system 0 Where built Ipswich Builder Mason When built 1874 Length ft. 77.6 Beam ft. 18.5 Draught ft. 5.75 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Mason 1874 History bought new 1874 by Masons sold Cranfields 1915  Skipper Strange 1894.  Lost in Collision near Nore LV. with…
alyson
March 4, 2011
Barges

Ammonite

Skippers Rusher 1884 Simmons 1914. Still with Packard in 1916. Possibly in picture 1927 at quay with steamer loading sugar beet. Towed to Pin Mill for breaking in 1933.  B21 The Port of Ipswich, it's Shipping and Trades - Richard W.Smith & Jill Freestone Listed in Mercantile Navy List 1934. There is  a photo of one of Packard’s steamers the…
alyson
March 4, 2011
Work to date

2008 Talk Ice Age to 1899 text Gareth Thomas

We have lived in Waldringfield for two years. We came here from Nacton - the journey took 18 years - we stopped in Ipswich en route. We came to Nacton in 1979 from the Chiltern Hills just above Goring on Thames where I taught my boys to row. Well , you may say, what has all this got to do…
alyson
March 4, 2011
MapsNotes

1839 Tithe Map and Apportionment

The 1839 Tithe Map was bought by a villager at a sale. It is 6ft wide by 4ft deep and printed on linen. The Suffolk Record Office have their own copy. We have scanned it and made some full size copies. Associated with the Tithe Map is the "Apportionment" which says who owned and used each piece of land. Surveyor…
alyson
March 4, 2011