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1845 Admiralty survey of Deben from HMS Blazer

The 1845 Admiralty survey of the Deben was exhibited as a display panel in the Woodbridge Tides of Change Exhibition Longshed in late 2019. It was obtained for the exhibition by Dr Helene Burningham of University College London in support of that project. The focus of the writer was initially to make some notes on the stretch of the Deben…
alyson
October 21, 2019
DebenDinghy

Deben snippets

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alyson
September 9, 2019
BooksDeben

1551 1623 Camden’s Britannia newly translated into English

Mentions Deben, Woodbridge, Landguard.   But when the Normans had pos∣sess'd themselves of England, they built here a Castle; which Hugh Bigod held for some time against Stephen the usurping King of England; but at last surren∣der'd it. Now 'tis so entirely gone to decay, that there is not so much as the rubbish left. Some are of opinion that…
alyson
July 24, 2019
MapsNotesRoads & Paths

Parish Boundary

The official 2019 footpath map has a confusing Parish Boundary with a more southerly northern boundary and bulge at the Heath. Both maps courtesy of Suffolk County Council.     This is due to a legal technicality with the way footpaths are recorded on a 1954 map with a different boundary.  So, the footpaths are correct but the boundary isn't.…
alyson
February 26, 2019