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The National Archives – waldringfield Not for current project

SourceURL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res/2?_q=waldringfield&_col=online Place name: Lesser Waldringfield, Suffolk. Folio: 315r Little Domesday Book. Domesday Placename Form: Minima Waldringafelda. ... Exchequer: Treasury of the Receipt: Domesday Book etc. Place name: Lesser Waldringfield, Suffolk. Folio: 315r Little Domesday Book. Domesday place name: Minima Waldringafelda. People mentioned within entire folio: Sokemen. Collection: Records of the Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the…
alyson
February 18, 2013
Group

The National Archives – L.Bragg letters

The National Archives | Access to Archives SourceURL: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=116-wlbragg_6-5&cid=8-148#8-148   Bragg to Ronson Products Ltd  W.L. BRAGG/57C/234  11 Dec. 1964 These documents are held at Royal Institution of Great Britain Contents: ¼ page, typescript Thanks them for letter and for new flex lead. Is enclosing the old lead, which is so loose that it drops out of the razor almost at a…
alyson
February 18, 2013
Parish CouncilWork to date

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