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The Domesday Book Online – Home

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). Guess what? - they have…
alyson
January 31, 2008
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Manorial records – University of Nottingham

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…)
alyson
January 29, 2008
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1656 Survey Waldringfield Rivershall & Hilton Survey including analysis

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,…
alyson
January 28, 2008
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Regia Anglorum – Acmylen – The Water Mill

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.
alyson
January 28, 2008
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Roger Bigot

Was the Sherriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and the third largest land owner in the county at the time of Domesday.
alyson
January 27, 2008
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Anglo-Saxon watermill found in Tyne

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…)
alyson
January 27, 2008
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Suffolk Local History Council – Review Articles

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.
alyson
January 25, 2008
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Vikings up the Deben 991

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.
alyson
January 21, 2008
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National Archives – court cases

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…
alyson
January 21, 2008
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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.
alyson
January 13, 2008
ArchaeologyResourcesWork to date

Archaeological finds in village by Michael

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…
alyson
January 13, 2008
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References in 680 and 955AD

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…
alyson
January 13, 2008
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John Foster’s War – Peter

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.
alyson
January 9, 2008