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Waldringfield Climate 2020

In the year of a global pandemic and increasing concerns about climate change, the Met Office confirm that 2020 was a year of weather extremes, 'with the wettest February on record, the sunniest spring, a heatwave in the summer and a day in October that broke rainfall records'. This supports the general trend of warming as a consequence of climate…
Amanda Sims
March 10, 2022
ChurchLocation/FeaturePlaces

Waldringfield’s ring of Churches

W.G.Arnott ((Place Names of the Deben Valley by W.G.Arnott)) suggested in Place Names of the Deben Valley that the locations of local Churches relate to pre seawall access by water and the transport of stone fonts from Norfolk. Furthermore, a 1999 River Deben Association magazine contains an article by David Aldred describing a circular arrangement of other Churches around Waldringfield…
alyson
January 4, 2019
ArchaeologyDebenDocumentsFishingLocation/FeatureMiddle AgesNotesPeriodsPlacesSurvey

Fish Traps or Kiddles

See ] From: ENGLISH HERITAGE-Suffolk Coastal NMP Project SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL  A number of fishtraps, of a type known as ‘kiddles’ (Strachan 1995) are situated off Stonner Point in the inter-tidal zone of the River Deben.  The fish traps consist of groups of posts arranged in lines to create roughly v-shaped and possibly interconnected structures which point out into the…
alyson
November 24, 2016
BeachFieldsGraveyardLocation/FeatureNotes

Hugh Pearl – RIP

It has been said that Hugh Pearl was returning from a secret mission on April 1st 1939 when his seaplane crashed in the Deben leaving this scar in the mud. The simple headstone half way along Garden Field was the only reminder of his heroism.   Others, more sensibly, say it's obviously to do with drainage as we were informed by the company Hugh…
alyson
January 8, 2016
Anglo SaxonLocation/FeaturePlaces

Before the Sea Walls

It is interesting to speculate on how the village would have been before the sea walls were built. Notice the  that the ] refers to "field" rather than a landing place ending (give an example?). Looking at the village today it seems obvious that it should have grown up around the beach or cliff area where it's easy to access…
alyson
January 13, 2014
Location/FeaturePlaces

Cuttings in the saltmarsh

Regular Cuttings at Kingfisher Creek - origins unknown - Photo by Stan Baston Google Earth - Regular Cuttings at "Kingfisher Creek" - origins unknown A walk past the sailing club along the sea wall leading, not quite, to Hemley will reveal a series of cuttings in the saltmarsh extending for about 350m. The channels vary from 5m wide to less than…
alyson
December 14, 2013