As you read this we have enjoyed our March meeting when we welcomed Elspeth Rushbrook . She shared her research about a lady who retired to her home village of Great Ashfield after having survived not just the sinking of the Titanic but also the sinking of her sister ship the Britannic. You will have to wait for a later newsletter for more on that.You can read in our Newsletter…
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…
