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River Deben Magazine contents lists.

May I draw members attention to the Deben magazine contents lists that Bertie has been adding to the RDA website? I was so pleased to notice that the magazine had been useful when compiling the Waldringfield History Book. I thought it would be even more uiseful to researchers if the contents were easily visible. He's done 1990-2010 so far and…
alyson
October 6, 2022
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Gough Map online

Mapping the realm Annotated Mapping the realm’ is a project funded by the British Academy to create an interactive online version of the celebrated medieval ‘Gough Map’ of Great Britain. The original map is held in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. It probably dates from the fourteenth century but neither the identity of its author or its exact origins are…
alyson
February 5, 2008
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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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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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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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Local historical societies of interest

Woodbridge, Suffolk - History, historical societies Website that lists local societies. Relevant ones mentioned are - Martlesham, Woodbridge, Felixstowe, Ipswich, SLHC. Others, not listed, might be:- Kirton, Kesgrave, Trimley We may want to inform them of events.
alyson
January 15, 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
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Extract from GENUKI website

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…)
alyson
January 7, 2008
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Web Links to Local History Resouces

BBC tips for Local History projects Local History Online - link to a range of web resources. The National Archive - tips on how to use the various national databases. British Association for Local History The Local History Link - link to a range of web resources. British History Online - links to a couple of Waldringfield realted documents. Suffolk…
alyson
December 9, 2007
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Photographs

Joe - Dry glass plates from Thomas Naunton Waller 1880’s to 1920’s Old postcards of village Photos but mainly of Waller family. Millennium Albums, produced Kit Clark, three books. Picture collection from 2006 talk - Stan & Joe Tom Waller photos - Rosa Waller & Woodbridge Museum
alyson
December 6, 2007