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Report to Parish Council 2011/12

Waldringfield History Group Report to Parish Council 2011/12 The History group remains well attended and enthusiastic. Last year’s annual talk was “Waldringfield at Leisure”; as usual this was well attended and enjoyed by the audience. An adapted version of our Waldringfield at War talk was presented to the final year school children and they obviously enjoyed it judging by the thank…
alyson
July 12, 2012
Roads & Paths

The Quay

Sorry, you have no rights to view unless you are a member. If you live in (or have a connection with) the village, please ask for access.
alyson
July 12, 2012
Group

Calendar of Patent Rolls

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.
alyson
April 28, 2012
Parish CouncilWork to date

Report to Parish Council 2010/11

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…
alyson
April 10, 2012
ArticlesCoproliteWork to date

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
Map, Diagram, PlotArticlesCement WorksNon domestic BuildingWork to date

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
Work to date

Waldringfield at Work

Over the centuries there have been several industries and businesses such as ], ], ] ,The ], The ], The] and Barge Traffic on the River Deben?. Our 2010 talk covered ], ], The ] and The ]. The slides are here.  
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
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
EventExhibitions

2011 Village History Exhibition

On Saturday 26th February the group held its first exhibition in the village hall. Despite cool and wet weather the event was very well attended with a constant stream of people. The only small disappointment being the low turnout of children. Visitors were greeted by a rolling audio visual postcard presentation which was very popular.  
alyson
February 27, 2011
Event

Exhibition Feb 26th Village Hall

The group is holding an exhibition of  objects found in the village as well as displays of some of its work. Admission free 10:30 to 3:30 pm. All welcome.   Note that we have had some website problems which will be repaired in due course.
alyson
February 16, 2011
Parish CouncilWork to date

Report to Parish Council 2009/10

The History group has remained steady in numbers and continues to be enthusiastic. The group met during the winter months and decided to concentrate on the topic of "Waldringfield at Work".  Also, over the winter we presented the 2009 “War” talk to a packed Sailing Club and, in a shortened version, to the top year of the School who were…
alyson
April 8, 2010