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The group produces articles based on its work as time permits. Three of these have been published in the River Deben Association Magazine “Deben”. We hope to produce more and will add them here.

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Guide to All Saints, Waldringfield by Rev. Roy Tricker Jan 2019

Welcome to All Saints, in its lovely rural setting, about ½ mile south of the main centre of population, with delightful views eastwards from its tree-shaded churchyard, where a Saxon burial-urn was discovered in 1841 (now in the Purnell Collection at the British Museum). Early Christians probably took over the pagan burial-site and built their place of worship there, indicating…
alyson
July 3, 2019
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A Brief History

IN 1850 Waldringfield was but a small insignificant village, with a few scattered houses and some 140 inhabitants. With the exception of the ], now known as ], and a few farm houses, the cottages generally were small and with little windows peeping out from under the eaves. On the top of the hill stood the Church and Buttrum's old…
alyson
November 23, 2018
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The Coprolite industry on the Deben

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…
alyson
December 10, 2011
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Cement Works

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…
alyson
December 7, 2011
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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