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Archive

  • Buildings
    • Farms, Farmers & Small Holders
    • Historical Buildings and Features
    • Old Buildings – Some still exist, others have been demolished
    • Thatched Cottages in 1920
  • Directory Entries
    • White’s 1844 Directory
    • Kelly’s Directory of 1846
    • White’s 1855 Directory
    • Harrods 1864
    • PO 1865
    • White’s 1874 Directory
    • Kelly’s 1908 and 1916 Directories
    • County Handbook of 1917
    • Kelly’s 1925 Directory
    • Kelly’s Directory, 1930?
    • Kelly’s 1933 Directory and some 1937 info
    • Telephone list, 1951
  • Documents
    • Documents from before 1850
    • Fiske Deeds
    • Roll of Honour
    • Manorial account, 1374
    • Old maps of the village
    • Sale of land in 1930
    • Sale of Sir G Smyth’s properties in 1848
    • Short history of Elmswell, from Norman Sinclair’s handwritten notes
  • Elmswell Media
    • Centenary Leaflet
    • Church Magazine – Nov 1939
    • Coronation Festivities 2-6 June 1953
    • Correspondence
    • Judy Woollams’ research into 19th century newspaper reports – births, marriages and deaths etc
    • Newspaper Articles
    • Mike Gurr’s notes and newspaper cuttings
  • Elmswell Picture Archives
    • Private Collections
    • Street Scenes – Old & Recent
  • Official Records
    • Baptisms June 1851 to May 1873
    • Burials from January 1813 to January 1889
    • Census
    • Enclosure Map, 1814
    • Marriages 1813 to 1899
    • Suffolk Parish Records Survey
  • Work & Society
    • Alphabetical Index of Elmswell Streets
    • A Walk Around Elmswell in 1911
    • A Short History of a Village Methodist Society
    • Elmswell Cemetery
    • Elmswell Football Club
    • Elmswell-Great Ashfield Airfield
    • Firms
    • Methodism In Elmswell, 1799-1999
    • Police
    • Public Houses in Elmswell
    • Rectors of Elmswell
    • Sophie Baker’s Diaries of 1934, 1937 and 1938
    • The Railway
    • The Fire Service
    • Vestry and Parish Church Meetings

Elmswell Media

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  • Centenary Leaflet
  • Church Magazine – Nov 1939
  • Coronation Festivities 2-6 June 1953
  • Correspondence
  • Judy Woollams’ research into 19th century newspaper reports – births, marriages and deaths etc
  • Newspaper Articles
    • 1825 Inquest (Baker, Pattle)
    • 1865 Fancy Fair (Luke, Marriott)
    • 1872 St John’s Church (Luke, Woods)
    • 1880 article – “A singular escapade”
    • 1915 Airship drops bomb (Manning)
    • 1921 Drought (Borley)
    • 1941 Village news (Borley, Edwards, Manning, et al.)
    • 1941 Wartime jam-making (Kirkwood, et al.)
    • 1970 Article on Elmswell (Dyball, Hawes, Young…)
    • 1972 Article on Elmswell by Eric Rayner
    • 1979 Vandals (Sinclair)
    • 1979 Printing machine (Hawes)
    • 1980 Mann’s Court (Redit)
    • 1981 A defiant Jim Baker
    • 1981 Butcher with horse-drawn cart (Goodfellow)
    • 1983 Printing machine (Hawes)
    • 1984 Undertaker (Mulley)
    • 1986 Crown Mill (Baker)
    • 1993 Redevelopment of Old School site
  • Mike Gurr’s notes and newspaper cuttings
    • The last station master
    • Drought of 1921
    • East Enders and the ‘furriners’
    • Article of February 1972 by Eric Rayner
    • Vandals
    • A defiant Jim Baker
    • Butcher with horse-drawn cart
    • New home for printing machine
    • 1984, perhaps
    • Elmswell plan for homes approved
    • Life by the fast lane brings change for the better
    • Time capsule in new village green

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