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Report to Parish Council 2012/13

The History group remains well attended and enthusiastic. Several new members have joined our ranks over the year. Sadly we lost Andrew Haig who had been a  keen contributor. The 2012 annual talk was “The Titanic”; where the group assisted Malcolm Crawford in presenting his extensive knowledge of the subject and, in an exhibition the next day, his collection of…
alyson
April 6, 2014
Parish CouncilWork to date

Report to Parish Council 2013/14

The History group remains well attended and enthusiastic. We decided not to present a talk this year and have been concentrating on building up research for future years. The translations or transcriptions of old wills and documents going back to the 14C looks to be particularly interesting. One of our number has undertaken the role of “Village Recorder” in conjunction…
alyson
April 3, 2014
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
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
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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
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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
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
AgricultureCensusFieldsResourcesRoads & PathsSurveyWork to date

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
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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Why Waldringfield? Summary of History – Joe

Very little is known of the early history of Waldringfield. Until after WW 2 Suffolk was sparsely populated, apart from a few small market towns and the Tudor wool villages such as Lavenham. Until the motor car became widely used Waldringfield was quite isolated, unless one came by boat, bike or horse drawn vehicle. The population was small relative to…
alyson
January 9, 2008
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Summary of known history – Joe

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…)
alyson
January 9, 2008
ResourcesWork to date

River Deben Sea Walls by Malcolm

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…
alyson
January 8, 2008