This is a list of various books available from members of the group. From Joe
Walter Tye. Waldringfield & District. [photocopy].
Blaxhall Living Past
Martlesham The Good & Bad Old Days
Sutton People. Mostly about the Broxtead Estate
Kirton & Falkenham Mainly photos.
Reading & Recreation Club journal – Mary T
From Gareth
I have 20 or 30 books on Suffolk and Ipswich but I suspect that the majority of them sit also on the shelves of others living in Suffolk – they are written by the likes of Jobson and Arnott etc. They contain many anecdotes, most of which John Nunn is able to relate! Our first house in the area was the astronomers house in Nacton – now called Orwell Dene so I am pretty au fait with the Orwell Park and Pretyman stories but again John Nunn is likely to know much more than I. The Church in Nacton has within it many memorials which tell the history of that side of the peninsula – with strong naval connections and also connections with other major landowners in Suffolk.
From Margaret L
I have a booklet which explains the manorial system (in words of almost one syllable. Someone asked where the manor and why etc., I am hapy to lend it to anyone
Manors of Suffolk (may be the same book) – Joe did extract on Saxon times
From Peter J
I have a book, The Battle of the East Coast (1939 – 1945)” by J P Foynes. It was self published and not professionally produced so the library may not have a copy, but anyone is welcome to borrow mine. It describes in detail how the east was involved in the war but has only one reference to Waldringfield. The village was the site of the first GCI (ground control interception) station and was commanded by Flying Officer Tibbenham. GCIs were radar systems, with a rotating aerial, that displayed the reflected echos on a circular PPI (plan position indicator) display. I worked on similar air-borne equipment in 1957, so could offer a fuller explanation! The village was a restricted area in the war. Andrew Haig has told me how he needed to get a pass in order to marry in the church.
I have a copy of the Tye book and a Word file of the bits that Alison OCRed. I intended to OCR the remainder but haven’t yet got around to it.
About 30 years ago, Maisie Runnacles and we duplicated a booklet of the early history on the Waldringfield Dragonfly dinghy, written by Judge Stinson. I have a copy and also a Word file of the text.
I have printed an extract from the Domesday Book on A3, which Sally Hopper intends to frame for the village hall.
I now have the minute book of the Waldringfield Club, which ran from around 1728 to just before the war. It came from Mary Turner
Steve L
has a 1839 Tithe map (maybe Stan has it at the moment).
Micofiche records at Suffolk County Council
1927 Women’s Institute survey of headstones – Woodbridge Museum told me about this.
Various others to add.
Library
Historical Atlas of Suffolk – Library has many copies £15 from the Council and well worth it even though Waldringfield barely figures.
A Guide to Waldringfield and District Walter Tye – Library has a “reserve” copy – I’ll try to get the scanned vesrion online.
