New online resources that might be useful here. Connected Histories
alysonMarch 24, 2010
alysonFebruary 11, 2010
alysonFebruary 11, 2010
These tables have been compiled by Margaret. Very detailed and highly relevant to this years project. (more…)
alysonFebruary 9, 2010
The library have an online reference section that I've been looking at. You'll need your library card number. The results of a Waldringfield search brings up about five results which I've posted below.
alysonFebruary 9, 2010
This is an index of the projects and documents of the above. Field Systems looks like it will be of interest. There are three books on Parish History - worth looking up in the library. There is a completed project on Historic Landscape Characterisation with a downloadable map that looks quite hard to interpret. It leads on to a more…
alysonApril 28, 2009
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.
alysonApril 26, 2009
The Domesday Book Online - Home The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time). Domesday Academic papers to check …
alysonJanuary 31, 2008
www.nottingham.ac.uk/ManuscriptsandSpecialCollections/ResearchGuidance/Manorial/Introduction.aspx Types of record - Manorial records - Skills Resources - Manuscripts & Special Collections- The University of Nottingham Useful information about what these contain and how to read them when we get around to it. (more…)
alysonJanuary 29, 2008
Roads and Path names Field names survey-off-rivershall-1656 1656 Survey individuals bits of land to fit together WALDRINGFIELD RIVERSHALL HB8/1/937 An Exact Particular of the several copyhold lands belonging to the Mannor of Rivershall – Waldringfield in the County of Suffolk as they are not abutted bring part of the possessions of THOMAS ESSINGTON of Brightwell in the said County Esquire,…
alysonJanuary 28, 2008
Regia Anglorum - Acmylen - The Water Mill The watermill has advantages over the windmill (which seems to appear in Britain by the 1200's), as it is less reliant upon the weather. However the windmill was to become the preferred type later on, where the water supply was too erratic or too fast. Anglo-Saxon watermill found in Tyne
alysonJanuary 28, 2008
Regia Anglorum - Article Index (via Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon and Viking Houses and Furniture)
alysonJanuary 28, 2008
Was the Sherriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and the third largest land owner in the county at the time of Domesday. According to Wikipedia: Roger Bigod (died 1107) was a Norman knight who travelled to England in the Norman Conquest. He held great power in East Anglia, and five of his descendants were earls of Norfolk. He was also known as Roger Bigot, appearing as…
alysonJanuary 27, 2008
The remains of a large Anglo-Saxon multiple watermill have been found in the River Tyne near Corbridge in Northumberland. Dated to the 8th-10th centuries by radiocarbon tests, it seems to have consisted of three (or perhaps four) timber mills working together in parallel, set on stone foundations on the bed of the river. (more…)
alysonJanuary 27, 2008
Extract from Wikipaedia on Roman linear and area measures. (more…)
alysonJanuary 26, 2008
Suffolk Local History Council - Suffolk Review Articles There are many articles listed on the website including one on Gosnold. Certainly worth a browse through. We may have some of them in the pile Jackie brought in to the meeting otherwise I'm sure copies can be had from the SRO or SLHC.
alysonJanuary 25, 2008
Anglo-Saxons.net : Viking Campaigns in England 991-1005 A medium-scale map of England , showing the places involved in the Viking invasions, and with dated arrows showing the course of invasions.
alysonJanuary 21, 2008
Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Philip and Mary STAC 4/5/38 PLAINTIFF: Roger Warren DEFENDANT: George Baynes and others PLACE OR SUBJECT: Killing sheep on Waldringfield Heath COUNTY:Date range: 1553 - 1558. PAR461/32/4/27 Thomas Kaley's father, a pauper belonging to Waldringfield in Suffolk, was transported for stealing a sheep; the son left that parish at 14 or 15 and went for…
alysonJanuary 21, 2008
Anglo-Saxons.net : Source on Anglo Saxons See maps on Anglo-Saxons.net : Maps Anglo-Saxon Charters Homepage ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS online. From the Internet Archive. THis may be a source for researching the original grat from Waldhere Bishop of London - you may have to be logged in to read Regia Anglorum - Anglo Saxon info Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
alysonJanuary 21, 2008
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #17 Originally compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great, approximately A.D. 890, and subsequently maintained and added to by generations of anonymous scribes until the middle of the 12th Century. The original language is Anglo-Saxon (Old English), but later entries are essentially Middle English in tone. Wikipedia Anglo-Saxon Chronicle…
alysonJanuary 13, 2008
From Suffolk Institue of Archeology A list of finds in Waldringfield from their journals going back as far as 1903. It would be good to know the location where indicated. Vol 11 1903 Photo of Neolithic Flint chisel from Waldringfield. Vol 29 1964 Six soil marks of round barrows on Heath Farm. Map refs.=26804475,26764484,26734480,26734490,26654495, 26784504 Vol 31 1970 White Hall…
alysonJanuary 13, 2008
SIA(Suffolk Institue of Archeology) Vol 8 1891. Article on Early wills relating to Bury. Theodred Bishop of London gave his land at Waldringfield to Osgood, his sister’s son. Theodred died before 955. See below S 1526: A.D. 942 x c. 951. Will of Theodred, bishop of London, including bequests of land at Duxford in Cambs., Illyntone (probably Illington, Norfolk) and…
alysonJanuary 13, 2008
Bronze Age 2000BC - 1000BC First metal tools, initially copper later bronze. Round Barrows, heavy concentration on Martlesham Heath. Iron Age 1000BC - 43AD Iron introduced to Britain and choice material for tools and weapons. No change in pottery. Settlements mainly on lighter soil (more…)
alysonJanuary 13, 2008
Peter has produced a printed version of "John Foster’s War". He has given a copy to the group and Stan has it if anybody wants to read it. Peter's experience will undoubtedly help when we get around to printing something.
alysonJanuary 9, 2008
Earliest Information. There is evidence to suggest that the Romans visited ‘Waldringfield' but there is no real evidence of a settlement. Roman artefacts have been found in the north field, to the south of the church. (more…)
alysonJanuary 9, 2008
History ?- little to be found. We do know that they are not all the same age ! First attempt was - 'warping' - this was a development of tidal sills to allow water carrying silt to flow over these captured areas - this would have the effect of building up the flat marsh. Modern experiments have shown that 3…
alysonJanuary 8, 2008
WALDRINGFIELD, a parish in the hundred of Carlford, county Suffolk, 4 miles S.E. of Woodbridge, its post town, and 8 from Ipswich. The village is situated on the river Deben. The soil consists of loam near the river, but in other parts is sandy, with a subsoil of sand, crag, and clay, in which coprolites are found. (more…)
alysonJanuary 7, 2008
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