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1587 Holinsheds Chronicles

Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland was a complete description of everything about Elizabethan Britain. There were 1577 and 1587 editions. The Description of England  was complied by William Harrison.  Of local interest: Volume 4 on Scotland is dedicated to Thomas Seckford. To the Right worshipfull Maister Thomas Secford Esquire and Maister of the Requests, William Harison wisheth all…
alyson
January 11, 2019
Poem

1950s My Village by G Waller

MY VILLAGE We loved our dear old village, So many years our home. Still welcome never fails us. Whenever back we come. Its peaceful tidal river, The woodland, meadow, moor: They each recall a memory. Some treasured one of yore. Unrivalled charm that river; It seemed, a thing apart," A moorland ramble, picnic, Scarce less such joy of heart. Whilst…
WaldringfieldHG WaldringfieldHG
December 12, 2018
FarmHouseIndividualProperty Details

Cross Farm

Associated with the family of John Crosse, 1674 Hearth Tax Return 1674. ((Place Names of the Deben Valley by W.G.Arnott)) Refered to as Rotten Farm at some point - see maps and    I quote from my 19th century (1891) walk  'Nearby, inland on our right as we proceed in a southerly direction, is Cross Farm; in 1674 this farm was…
alyson
December 6, 2018