As you read this we have had our first meeting of 2023. Hannah Salmon shared some of her research on aspects of medieval manorial courts especially relating to a dispute as to who had the right to hold a market in Stowmarket. Dastardly underhand deeds indeed.  You will have to await a later newsletter for a report on this   But for now you can read our Newsletter 13  (Telstar…

Thanks to Neil Langridge's hard work we now a timeline with short histories for Stowupland's Holy Trinity  clergy from the Rev Hollingsworth in 1839 through to Rev Whitefield in the 1980's. This engraving shows a view of Holy Trinity Church in the early 1840's, presumably not long after it was built when it was surrounded by fields and without any burials in the church yard. I am intrigued by what…

The above photo is from 1964 when Father Christmas visited local Children. Most years Stowmarket holds a Christmas Tree Festival, Christmas Trees are put up in public spaces around the town and local groups are invited to decorate them. SLHG usually decorate a tree in what was Abbotts Hall at the Food Museum. This year the museum staff took as their theme Christmas Around the World. We wanted to keep…