ACCESSIONS 1 APRIL 2002 – 31 MARCH 2004

BURY ST EDMUNDS BRANCH

OFFICIAL

Mildenhall Internal Drainage Board: miscellaneous records 1711-1986 (EK500) Internal Drainage Board: miscellaneous records 1768-1989 (EK501) Council: rate books 1973 (EF506) Cosford Poor Law Union: minute book/Guardians’ out-relief book 1835-1836 (HD2361) Greater Coroner’s District: sudden death files 2000-2001 (EC501) Sudbury Union: Assessment Committee minute book 1895-1923 (ADA501) Thingoe Council: miscellaneous records 1900-1945 (EF510)

LOCAL PUBLIC

Anglia Health Personnel: articles of association, minutes, correspondence file, brief history 1990-2004 (ID509) St Leonard’s Hospital, Sudbury: register of operations 1949-1971 (ID501)

SCHOOLS

St James’ Boys School, : colour photos of prizes 1908-1910 (K1126) Silver Jubilee Boys’ School, Bury St Edmunds: governors’ minutes 1965-1970 (ADB566) The Forest CP School: logbook 1994-1997 (ADB546) Elmswell Board/Council School: admission register 1888-1912 (HD2592) King Edward VI Grammar School, Bury St Edmunds: accounts 1967, account book 1935- 1960, register of governors 1879-1977 and other miscellaneous records 1879-1988 (GD502) All Saints VAP School, Newmarket: managers’/governors’ minutes, school record book and visitors’ book 1948-1999 (ADB561) Sudbury Secondary School for Boys: school magazine 1923-1954 (HD2569)

CIVIL PARISH

Bardwell: exchange of glebe land with plan 1863 (EG510) : minutes 1979-2002 (EG591) : minutes 1894-1993 (EG553) Chilton: minutes 1973-2003 (EG500) Felsham: map of footpaths 1994 (EG718) : annual accounts and Parish Councillors’ declarations 1894-1997 (EG713) Kersey: minutes 1984-1995 (EG556) and : photographs, newspaper cuttings and other printed material 1963-2001 (EG502) Milden: minutes 1929-2001 (EG544) : minutes, attendance register, declarations of office, charity papers and other papers 1895-1996 (EG508) Stoke-by-: photographs of Stoke-by-Nayland and its inhabitants collected by Parish Council members 1880s-1990s (EG584) Tostock: minutes and meeting book 1966-1988 (EG503)

1 Great and : minutes, account books and declaration books 1894-2000 (EG719)

ANGLICAN

Diocese of St Edmundsbury and : Diocesan Registry files 20th-21st cent (FE500) Clare Rural Deanery: minutes of Synod meetings 1969-1980 (FH509)

PARISHES

Acton: register of marriages, PCC minutes, service register, miscellaneous records 20th cent-2001 (FL518) Barnham: inspection reports and faculty papers 1990-1999 (FL524) Barrow: register of marriages and parish magazines 1912-1998 (FL525) Boxford: register of baptisms 1920-2001 (FB77) Bury St Edmunds, St James: registers of banns and services 1986-1998 (FL541) Bury St Edmunds, St Mary: registers of marriages, banns, confirmation and services, PCC minute books and other miscellaneous records 1915-2001 (FL545) : register of marriages 1999-2002, PCC minute book 1973-1989 (FL557) : charity account books, church guide and Morden College guide, handbook and related papers 1816-1967 (FL563) Groton: High Green charity account book 1854-1917 (FL506) Haverhill: registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and services 1954-1999 (FL578) Ixworth: parish register transcript 1559-1809 (HD2596) : tithe apportionment 1841 (HD2590) Kedington: registers of marriages, banns and services, visitors’ books and churchwardens’ receipts 1859-1999 (FL595) : registers of baptisms and burials 1905-1996 (FL600) : register of preachers, readers and collections in St Catherine’s Mission Church, parish electoral roll 1885-1897 (FL509) Newton Green: registers of marriages and burials, service reports, PCC minute book, visitors’ book, terrier and faculty 1834-1990 (FL611) : register of services 1963-1987 (FL626) Stanton: register of services, PCC account books 1961-1995 (FL629) : register of services, faculties, annual reports and other miscellaneous papers 1980-2001 (FL514) : miscellaneous papers, baptism certificate book and marriage certificate books 1894-1975 (FL645) : register of marriages 1992-2002 (FL648) : register of services 1974-1999 (FL649) Little Whelnetham: register of marriages 1994-1999 (FL650) Wissington: miscellaneous records 1963-1996 (FB65)

NONCONFORMIST

Clare Baptist Church: deeds re land at Stoke by Clare 1817-1980, photographs, minutes of teachers’ meetings 1892-1981, church minutes 1805-1990, Sunday School registers 1837- 1939, Church accounts 1860-1980, Deacons’ minutes 1905-1997 and other records 1817- 1990 (FK2506) Haverhill Methodist Circuit: reports 1877-1932, orders of service 1916-1930, Sunday School schedules 1933-1942, preachers’ plans 1883-1939, plans of Haverhill chapel 1961, miscellaneous records of chapels in circuit 1870s-1961 (FK1508) Rattlesden Baptist Chapel: register of marriages 1963-2002 (FK2505) Sudbury Society of Friends: title deeds of meeting house 1658-1859 (FK6500)

2 Suffolk Baptist Association: minutes, reports, annual reports and yearbooks, reports and accounts, directories, reports from churches, file relating to closure of small trust funds, Legacy and Woollard Trust 1902-2002 (FK2500)

CHARITIES

Chevington Village Hall: cashbook, revenue book, financial and insurance papers 1985- 1996 (GB510) Guildhall Feoffment Trust, Bury St Edmunds: trustees' reports and financial statements 2001- 2002 (GB500) Stanton Community Council: minutes, accounts and correspondence 1980-2002 (GB571) Suffolk Regiment: miscellaneous records and papers 19th-21st cent (GB554)

SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS

Bury St Edmunds Concert Club: programmes, posters and brochures 1997-2002 (GC566) Bury Housing Society: register of members, ledger, account book, minutes and other records 1948-1991 (HC569) Women’s Institute: Millennium Challenge landscape record, maps and mounted photographs 2001 (GH532) Happy Timers Over 60s Club, Ingham and District: minutes, diary entries of meetings and events, membership lists, financial records and miscellaneous papers 1986-2001 (GC579) Men’s Society: minutes, financial records, correspondence and papers 1975- 2002 (GC578) Kedington Local History Group: survey of tombstone memorials in Kedington churchyard and new burial ground 2002 (HD2597) Women’s Institute: record book of monthly meetings 2000-2002, Committee minute books 1998-2002, annual reports from president and secretary 1989-2000, photograph and newspaper cutting relating to new village sign 1989, programme cards 1931- 2002; scrapbook 2001-2002 (GH511) Suffolk West Federation of Women’s Institutes: minute books, record books and programmes 1988-2002, Federation yearbook 2000 (GH503) Royal St Edmunds Freemasons’ Lodge, Bury St Edmunds: minute book, presence books and cashbook 1883-1988 (GC549) Suffolk Deaf Association, Bury St Edmunds Branch: letter and plan re proposed Deaf Centre in Bury St Edmunds, copy of minutes of Council meeting, with associated papers relating to the company’s constitution, letter re rent payment 1965-1995 (GC568) Thurston Afternoon Women’s Institute: record book and minute book 1990-1997 (GH536) United Grand Lodge of : Abbey Lodge 1592, Bury St Edmunds: engraving plate used for new hymn books and signature book 1991-2003 (GC577) Pre-School Playgroup: records 1972-2002

FAMILY AND PERSONAL

Gault family: Gault family history research files compiled by the late Mrs G H Gaught 20th cent (HD2703) Elizabeth Wright of Bury St Edmunds: letter reciting and relating to the will of Elizabeth Wright 1799 (HD2710) Hyde Parker family: marriage settlement of Rev William Hyde Parker of and Miss Ethel Leech, settlement of jointure rent charge, 1890-1901 (HD2713) Stevens and Savage families: settlement of the shares of Mrs S G Stevens of Philadelphia 1839, probate and will of John Savage of Newmarket 1884 (HD2714) Gwilt family of : declaration of trust, settlement, appointment and release relating to the Gwilt family 1858-1880 (HD2715) John Lucas of Bury St Edmunds: act of probate 1715 (HD2719)

3 Levett Hanson: transcripts of the correspondence of Levett Hanson (1741-1818) 1980s (HD2722) Warner Bromley family of Badmondisfield Hall, Wickhambrook: papers relating to the Barrett, Warner, Bromley and Duckinfield families 1721-1913 (HD2723) Ranald Clouston: printed material by or about Ranald Clouston, research files relating to bells and bell-ringing, photographs, papers and bell rubbings 1945-2003 (HD2563) Kathleen Garrett, music teacher: material relating to schools at which Mrs Garrett taught and to her musical activities 1924-1993 (HD2582) Hervey family of : letters from A Starling and article re Gravelot’s portrait of Lady Hervey and her children 1931-1932 (HA507) Posford family of Semer: probate copies of wills of Benedict and Edward Posford 1671/2- 1725 (HD2579) de Clare family: photograph album containing photographs and notes of the history of the de Clare family of Clare c 1995 (HD2721) Cyril John Spink of Bury St Edmunds: certified copy of birth registration, letters and papers relating to service in the Royal Field Artillery and death in France in 1918 1894-2001 (HD2358) Private William Stuteley of Bradfield St Clare: notes, copy correspondence, photographs and papers relating to the campaign to have Pte. Stuteley commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission 2000-2002 (HD2593)

ESTATE AND MANORIAL

Great Barton: Barton Cottages tenants rent book 1861-1862 (P946)

BUSINESS

John Forster, Brandon, steel trap manufacturer: trade card early 19th cent (HD2701) William Deeks, Kedington, blacksmith and wheelwright: customer ledgers 1900-1931; receipted bills 1916-1928 (HC571) T Cross, Bury St Edmunds, seedsman: customer ledger showing details of purchases and accounts 1937-1953 (HC570) Bush Boake Allan (formerly Stafford Allan and Son) of Long Melford: archives of Stafford Allan and Son (1833-1965) and Bush Boake Allan (1965-2002) of Long Melford, wholesale manufacturers of galemicals, essential oils, food flowers and chlorophyll 1833- 2002 (HC568) Thurlow Nunn Standen and predecessor companies, Elmswell: Woods and Co () Ltd product price list, George Thurlow and Sons Ltd product price list [c1900- c1916] (HC564)

DEEDS

Great Barton: Great Barton estate 1915 (HD2580) : piece of land with a storehouse 1619 (HD2704) Bury St Edmunds: 1-2 Looms Lane and 63A-67 Garland Street 1940-1977 (HD2716); property in College Street 1873 (HD2724) Clare: Clare House, Nethergate Street 1700-1969 (HD2706) Hadleigh: cottage in Angel Street 1747-1824 (HD2577) : various properties 1689-1922 (HD2717) Lakenheath: land at Lakenheath in trust for sale in order to pay off mortgage due to the executors of Frederick Wollaston 1824 (HD2708) : exemplification of a final concord [1659] (P943) Long Melford and Sudbury: deed of trust relating to Guildhall Farm House, Long Melford; tenancy agreement for 17 Colneys Close, Sudbury 1967-1973 (HD2718) Stoke-by-Nayland: cottages 1847-1914 (HD2354)

4 Stour Navigation: transcript of deed for making the River Stour navigable between Manningtree and Sudbury 1836 (HD2720) Sudbury area: various properties c1650-1940 (HB516) Great and Little Waldingfield: conveyance of shares in an annuity and property mainly in Great and Little Waldingfield 1730-1731 (HD2578) Various parishes: properties in Cavendish, Cockfield, , Long Melford, Milden and (and Gosfield and Halstead in ) 1702-1922 (HD2711) Allied Breweries: The Ram, Hadleigh, The Bell, Kersey and The Golden Lion Hotel, Newmarket 1728-1962 (HC567) Various parishes: properties in Sudbury, , Long Melford, , Chilton, and 1885-2002 (HB521) Various parishes: land in Hinderclay, Hopton, and Wattisfield 1746-1864 (HD2356)

MAPS AND PLANS

Rougham: folder of information and maps about the Roman settlement at Rougham and the Roman Road between Bradfield and Beyton 1970-1979 (HD1580) : Downham Hall Estate 1865 (HD2594) Stanningfield: copies of a section of a map on which are marked land ownership, field names and boundaries and woods as given in the tithe map and apportionment of 1838/9 and hedges and woods as in 1981 (P944) Sudbury: copies of maps of , and Sudbury, annotated and coloured 1875 (HD2598)

PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Autograph album: album containing messages, verses and drawings made mainly by servicemen, British (including Suffolk Regiment) and American, stationed in and around Bury St Edmunds 1948-1952 (HD2357) Suffolk Sheep Society: photograph of 50th anniversary celebration, Café Royal, 1936 (K1121) Barrow: negatives taken by the Barrow and District Local History Society 2001-2002 (GC529) Bury St Edmunds: team and group photographs, King Edward VI Grammar School 1908- 1951(K2127) Bury St Edmunds: Lloyds Bank Chambers, Buttermarket 1936 (K1124) Felsham: photographs of places, people and events; map of footpaths by A E Hart 20th cent (HD2589) Horringer: parish church floodlit on the occasion of switching on electricity in the village 1950 (K1122) Lavenham: The Forge, Water Street c1949-1950 (K1125) Great Waldingfield: soldiers taken outside the White Horse public house (with names) and photocopy photograph of six named men 1914-1917 (K1123)

MISCELLANEOUS

Sprite Caravan memorabilia: Sprite Caravan Owners Club: minutes and papers of the Central Executive Committee, lists of area committees, papers relating to rallies, minutes and papers of Midland area group Annual General Meetings, newsletters of area groups, newspaper clippings, photographs, club booklets and event cards, owners’ handbooks for various models of caravans 1969-1998 (HD2562) Lavenham: photographs, lease of 25 High Street 1913, Lavenham village Study results, photos of various properties in and around Lavenham, sale particulars for business and cottages mainly High Street, Lavenham 1913-2003 (HD2702)

5 Lavenham: church scrapbook 1908-1909, printed ephemera and notes of Lavenham properties including details of ownership 1796-20th cent (HD2707) Lavenham: guidebooks to, and articles describing, the Priory 1983-1992 (HD2712) Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club: cash book for the Rugby Club disaster fund showing donations to the fund 1974-1975, copies of deeds setting up the trust fund, newspaper cuttings relating to the air crash 1974-1994 (HD2725) Bury St Edmunds: video tapes of Round Table carnivals 1981-1982 (N502) British Railways Board: plan of new urinals and new goods office, Sudbury Station nd (HD2355) Bury St Edmunds: 'A Study of Physical and Historical Factors in the Growth and Development of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and their Bearing on the Town Plan' by R Ceurstemont, with related papers (1954)-1993 (HD2359) Bury St Edmunds: Theatre Royal and other programmes, Bury St Edmunds and District Licensed Victuallers' Association annual ball, programmes and menus 1967-1993 (HD2595) Bury St Edmunds and area: railway material consisting of LNER parcels receipt book 1948- 1950s and printed material 1980s and undated, poster relating to Rayments Brewery, undated, 21st anniversary of the first election of Eldon Griffiths as MP for Bury St. Edmunds 1985, miscellaneous printed material 2001 (HD2360) Bury St Edmunds: pamphlet on Bury St Edmunds for USA service personnel n.d (c1942), medal commemorating Bury Pageant of 1907 (HD2599) Rectory: inventory of fixtures 1863 (HD2581) Groton Local History Recorder: sale particulars, press cuttings, photographs and research notes 1977-2003 (HD2705) John Archer: photocopies of items collected by John Archer of : sale catalogues, Little Thurlow Rectory 1848, Horringer wheelwright, 1886, account of work done at Hall Farm by Bill Tweed, wheelwright, Little Thurlow, catalogue from Thomas Tingley, Ltd, supplier to wheelwrights, smiths and farriers 1924, annual report of Suffolk General Hospital, 1887 (P945) Miscellaneous: log book, Great Cornard Board School 1878-1908, managers' minute book, Great Cornard Board School 1915-1942, 2 children's exercise books on the introduction of the village water supply 1948, De Bello Germanico: a fragment of trench history [Edmund Blunden] (1930), Visitation Charge of 1694 (HD 2700) Risby Local History Recorder: press reports, newsletter, Jubilee photographs, school reports 2002 (HD2154) Royal Observer Corps: copy photographs, newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous printed items) and captions relating especially to the activities of the ROC in Bury St Edmunds 2002- 2003 (HD2591) Royal Observer Corps, Bury St Edmunds: booklet detailing the Battle of Britain 1940, magazine of the ROC 2002-2003 (HD2353) Aircraft crashes in Cavendish: video and notes on planes involved 1990 (HD2576) : photographic prints, negatives and other illustrative material, wills, archaeological sites, printed and miscellaneous material 20th cent (HD2520) Yeomanry Cavalry: copy letter and transcript re disbanding of Long Melford Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry c1838 (P942)

IPSWICH BRANCH

OFFICIAL

Felixstowe Urban District Council: records relating to refuse and sewage disposal in 1954- 1974 (EF12) Ipswich Coroners: files and audiotapes 2001-2002 (EC4) Mid-Suffolk District Council: minutes 1994-1996 (EH402) District: Council: Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority: registers of vessels 1972-1983, registers of foodstuffs1973-1991, aerial photograph of the eastern fringe of Ipswich 1986 (EH401)

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LOCAL PUBLIC

Blythburgh Hospital: nurse report books, St Nicholas and St Margaret's wards 1941-1961, inventories 1941-1950, mortuary book 1940-1951, patient mail books 1954-1957, committee visitors book 1961-1970, porters books 1954-1955, patients valuables books 1963-1969, minutes, agendas, notes and reports Ipswich Group Hospital Management Committee 1970s (ID411) Community Health Council: minutes, newspaper cuttings 1974-1987, project papers, reports, legacy document 1974-2003 (ID412) Environment Agency (Anglia Region): National Rivers Authority Minutes: Northern Area Fishery Advisory Committee 1989-1994, Central Area Fishery Advisory Committee 1989- 1993, Eastern Area Fishery Advisory Committee 1989-1994 (IT400) Ipswich Group Hospitals: Anglesea Road Hospital: photo album nd; St Helens Hospital: visitors book for special occasions 1952-1981, house visitors book 1922-1982; Herman de Stern Hospital: plans 1962; The Bartlett Convalescent Home: plans 1957, booklet 1937; Suffolk Convalescent Home: minutes 1868-1889, 1910-1919, statement of accounts 1940- 1945, booklet nd, Christmas fund account book 1946-1962, annual reports 1920-1947; Cottage Hospital/Croydon Cottage Hospital: minutes 1910-1934, bound reports 1929-1944, booklet 1927, annual report 1947, appeal leaflets 1938, photographs nd, papers re introduction of NHS and administration after 1948, admission book 1947-1950, matron's report book 1936-1949, inventory 1926, bank books for various funds 1909-1933, account books with various suppliers in Felixstowe1934-1947; St Mary's Hospital, : photographs 1991; Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital: booklet about private wards 1944, annual report with history 1947; Felixstowe Hospitals: information leaflet nd, social activities cash book and minutes 1982-1993, In Touch Magazine 1985- 1986 (ID406) Ministry of Defence: Howlett reports on the title to War Department properties covering the Cavalry Barracks at Ipswich 1861, Landguard Fort 1861 and towers on Essex and Suffolk coasts 1864 (IV400) Port of Ipswich: registers of fishing boats 1895-1988 (IG2) HM Customs and Excise: letter from the Governor of the County Gaol, Ipswich to the Customs at re suspected smuggler 1856 (IW400)

SCHOOLS

Bucklesham County Primary School: governors’ minutes 1988-2000, staff and pupil records 1994-97, School Development Plans 1990s (A2729) Felixstowe College: examination papers and 2 invitations 1954-1963 (HD2233) Thomas Mills High School: centenary celebrations programmes, School Centenary Souvenir Workbook, 2002 (A4070) Ipswich St John's CEVAP School: log book 1974-1985 (DC5/6/19/49) Junior School: syllabus of work 1943-1944 (HD2227)

CIVIL PARISH

Little Bealings: financial statements 1930-1989 (EG156) Great Blakenham: minutes 1985-1998 (EG39) Little Blakenham: minutes 1977-1993 (EG136) : minutes 1954-1988 (EG6) Bramfield and minutes 1978-1999, Parish Councillors' declarations 1946-2002 (EG166) : minutes 1978-1992 (EG116) Creeting St Mary: Millennium Record 2000 (EG129) : Declarations of Acceptance of Office 1977-1991, minutes 1987-1997, photograph of Golden Jubilee Celebrations 2002 (EG93) : Land Registry Certificate 1992 (EG80)

7 Fressingfield: Golden Jubilee celebrations, accounts and miscellaneous papers, minutes, programmes, publicity, correspondence re village sign 2002 (EG16) : receipts and payments book 1987-1994, agendas 1981-1996, minutes 1964- 2002 (EG127) Town Council: Parish Council minutes 1963-99, financial records 1964-1999 Kesgrave and Young Peoples Project minutes 1997-2000, planning and development committee minutes 1988-1990, attendance register 1978-1990, All Saints Magazine 1988-1999 (EG38) Martlesham: deeds and documents 1930-1982, minutes 1963-1996, files re property 1894- 1988, financial records 1943-1993, Martlesham Monthly 1989-2002, Martlet magazine 1981- 1986, files re USAF reunion, Aviation Society, storm damage, jubilee playspace 1970s- 1990s, Ipswich by-pass 1977, Eastern Fringe Local Plans 1979-1985, Woodbridge Town Centre map review 1970-1971, general correspondence 1975-1979, S W Deben town plan 1970 (EG161) Palgrave: correspondence relating to British Railways 1979-1986, VCP school 1971-1987, trees 1963-1988, housing, local amenities and health including the ambulance service 1978- 1993, Upper Waveney Valley Countryside project 1986-1995, emergency planning and civil defence 1977-1993, Jubilee and Royal Wedding celebrations 1977-1981 (EG154) Parham: lease 1996, land registry certificate 1996, scheme of regulations and management of Parham Village Greens 2003 (EG167) Rushmere St Andrews: minutes 1994-1998 (EG8) Tattingstone: minutes 1977-1983 (EG163) Tunstall: minutes 1894-1969 (EG165) Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford: financial records 1895-1960, minutes 1894-1953, annual meeting minutes 1894-1937, declarations of parish councillors 1913-1929, allotments account book 1895-1943, East Suffolk Parish Councils Association minutes, agendas and correspondence 1958-1961 (EG139)

PARISHES

Bacton: registers of banns, marriages and baptisms 1871-1978, Roll of Honour, Roll of Service, painting of 'Doom', correspondence, photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes of events, tracts on Bacton affairs, parish magazines (FB160) Battisford: Battisford Village Snapshot 2000 (FB8) : register of marriages 1994-2002 (FC31) : register of burials 1813-1992 (FC97) : registers of marriages 1837-1997 and burials 1813-1998 (FC100) : churchwardens' invoices and papers for supplies to the parish, including work done to the church fabric, especially the organ, with tuner's book 1970s-1990s, correspondence from the Diocesan Board of Finance re Stratford Rectory 1924, fete account 1927 and parish room balance sheet 1928-1929 (FC133) : minutes 1973-1997 (FC29) : file of correspondence re additions to burial ground 1955-1965, register of services 1955-1987, churchwardens' receipts and payments book 1909-1955, file of fabric correspondence 1966-1983 (FC116) Combs: registers of banns 1977-1994, marriages 1972-1996 and services 1974-1985 (FB211) : register of banns 1898-2000 (FC115) Darsham: plans of tower repairs, photos and tower appeal folder 1989-1991, general churchwarden's correspondence 1982-1987, general fabric correspondence files (including bells and candlesticks) 1967-1985, faculties 1974-1987, architect's file 1972-1997, files of correspondence re quinquennial reports, insurance and repairs 1971-1994, correspondence re vacant benefice 1985, minutes 1977-1990, church history leaflet, photos of interior and exterior of the church 1975-1983 (FC65) : register of services (St James) 1962-1982, table of fees 1935, visitors books (St James) 1927-1962, PCC minutes 1972-1989 (FC64)

8 : registers of baptisms 1814-1999 and burials 1813-2001 (12409) Flowton: register of services 1947-1995 (FB21) Framlingham: register of marriages 1989-2003 (FC101) Framsden Church Room account book 1929-1970, Parish Book 1895-1972, minutes 1948- 1984 (FB42) Fressingfield: assignment of lease for the Old Guildhall 1648 (FC90) Ipswich St Bartholomew: registers of baptisms 1894-1976 and marriages 1896-1968 (FB225) Ipswich St Mary Stoke: receipts and expenditure book 1861-1891 (HD2223) Ipswich St Mary Le Tower: churchwardens' papers 1991-2001, printed churchwardens’ account for 1905, photographs including some of the west end before changes were made 20th cent (FB91) Ipswich St Thomas: photograph albums recording parish events 1949-1997 (FB224) Martlesham: registers of services 1977-2002, confirmation 1944-93, banns 1973-1989 and marriages 1967-1997, parish magazines1975-2003, Martlet Aug 1986, Martlesham Heath Newsletter Nov 1986 (FC37) Mellis: church log book 1978-1998; church restoration plans, correspondence and papers 1997-2001, minutes 1980-1992; (FB123) Metfield: accounts of G W Squire 1909-1939, PCC financial reports 1979-2001, churchwarden's file 1990-1993, quinquennial church inspection (including ringing chamber) 1987-1994, Festival of Flowers 1989, 'Link' 1990-1996, restoration and augmentation of tower bells 1992-1998, re-ordering of west end of nave 1996, The Millennium in Metfield 2000 (FC91) Middleton-cum-Fordley: register of marriages 1967-2001 (FC71) Nettlestead: registers of baptisms 1813-2002, burials 1813-2002, banns 1824-2002, marriages 1954-1995 and services 1950-1967 (FB3) Orford: agreements re School House 1949, photograph of chalice nd, Pastoral Scheme 1976, terriers 1791-1922, stipendiary curates’ licences 1910-1911, marriage licences 1937-1989, faculties 1925-1971, annual accounts 1941-1947, 1976-1991, income books 1976-1991, expenditure books 1973-1987, copy conveyance of The Gables 1947, PCC minute 1973-1993, miscellaneous files and papers 1950-1991, churchwarden's’ notes and correspondence 1988-1991, church visitors’ books 1994-1998 (FC168) : registers of banns 1923-1993, marriages 1948-1980 and services 1961-1982, churchwardens' income and expenditure book 1933-1963 (FC67) : register of marriages 1971-1982, minutes 1934-1960, receipts and payments book 1953-1973, sequestration 1953 (FC61) : minutes 1962-85, registers of services 1960-89 and marriages 1963-1999 (FC132) Stonham Aspal: registers of marriages 1972-1991 and burials 1876-1992, WWI and WWII archive material collected by Archdeacon Wonnacott, account books 1901-1974, churchyard inscriptions 1913, statements re Queen Anne's Bounty 1929-1941, parish register transcripts 1537-1900 (FB22) Tannington: register of marriages 1837-1998 (FC93) Thwaite: altered tithe apportionment 1877 (HD2224) Walton: register of marriages 2000-2003 (FC52) : register of services 1969-1990, tithe map 1840, PCC minutes 1960-1987 (FC63) Wickham Skeith: registers of burials 1915-1992 and services 1960-1986 (FB162) Wyverstone: register of baptisms 1813-1942 (FB158) : registers of marriages 1972-1997 and services 1978-1996 (FC73)

NONCONFORMIST

Bedfield Unitarian Chapel: Sunday school and chapel events book 1916-1920, anniversary celebration papers 1919-1920, maternity bag record 1904-1906, article re the chapel by Cliff Reed 1999, chapel collections book 1936-1937, Bedfield and Band of Work and Girls' provident Club accounts 1897-1924, Men's Club subscription book 1915-1917,

9 account book for hospital funds, tickets and subscriptions 1915, photograph of Lucy Tagart nd; notebook of prose and verse 1870, papers re eastern Union Summer meeting at Bedfield 1986, membership and subscription card for the Bedfield and Monk Soham Sick Club nd, miscellaneous papers c1900-c1980 (FK4/4) Bramford Methodist Church: council records 1994-1999, correspondence relating to individual ministers 1976-1999 (closed until 2077) (FK1/1) Bramford Methodist Church: pulpit notices 1929-1998, society stewards' books 1913-1957, Church Council minute books 1974-1987, Chapel Trust minute books 1904-1958, Sunday School minutes 1908-1962 and attendance register 1950s, trust accounts 1926-1957, class books 1920s, Band of Hope attendance register 1899-1921, Property Committee minutes 1982-1996, trustees accounts 1876-1977, Church Council accounts 1974-1994, Church minutes 1983-1994 (FK1/19) Coddenham Methodist Church: annual society and church council meeting minutes 1963- 1998, Chapel trust accounts 1963-1974, collection journal 1974-1998 (Fk1/1) Felixstowe Seaton Road Methodist Church: Bible presented to George Roberts 1915 with accompanying letter 1915 (FK1/1) Ipswich Alan Road Methodist Church: Sunday School registers c1980-1989, church choir attendance sheets 1950-9 and 1980s, Book of Music for Annual Festival Concert 1925, minute book 1938-1958 (FK1/1) Ipswich Christ Church URC/Baptist Church Tacket Street: Christ Church Comment magazines 1931-1980, Deacons' minutes 1931-1972 (FK3/1) Ipswich Free Church Federal Council: minutes 1962-1998, lists of presidents, ministers and chaplains 1980s and 1990s, reports 1980-1998, The Free Church Chronicle summer 1998, correspondence 1979-1997 (GC627) Ipswich Landseer Road Methodist Church: manse log book 1973-2001, building fund account book 1937-1956, building fund bank books 1938-1956, account book 1949-1959, details of church furniture and furnishings donated by individuals 1955-1956, estimate for planting grounds 1955, photographs and papers re opening 1956, papers re the building 1956, site plans, papers re organ 1956-1975 (FK1/1) Ipswich Methodist Circuit: Overseas Mission Committee minutes 1953-1998, Circuit Ministries Committee 1985-1996, Connexionalr membership returns for Suffolk 1983-1996 (FK1/1) Ipswich Museum Street Methodist Chapel: correspondence re organ 1935-1954, circuit analysis book 1958-1963, bank books 1933-1937, society stewards papers and account books 1900-1949, envelope collections registers and books 1935-1971, control cash book 1966-1979, trustees treasurer's account book 1963-1980, Wesley Guild minutes 1925-1946, Annual Leaders' minutes 1955-1959, registration papers for buildings in Orford and for use as churches by Wesleyan Methodists 1884 and 1902 (FK1/1) Ipswich Methodist Circuit: copy of preachers' plan 1846 (P683) Ipswich St John's URC: Bowls Club records: committee minutes 1934-1999, anniversary correspondence and booklet 1994, History of Club, photo album 1934-1994, balance sheets 1961-1974, fixture list 1956, Ipswich Sports association 1974, Club appeal fund papers 1963; church newsletter 1969-1989, Church yearbook 1985, handwritten list of new members and deaths in 1985, account books 1946-1990, notes re-building scheme 1984-1989, file of documents re sale of 35 Freehold Road Ipswich 1994, FWO analysis book 1991-1998 [not available for consultation without permission] (FK3/22) Ipswich Society of Friends: Ipswich Preparative meeting minutes and correspondence 1993-1996, newsletters 1996, East Anglian Housing links 1993-1997, Woodbridge monthly meeting 1984-1995 (FK6) Kesgrave, Roman Catholic Church of The Holy Family and St Michael: register of marriages 1996-2002 (FN403) Occold Baptist Chapel: register of marriages 1987-1988 (FK2/10) Ringshall Independent Chapel: register of marriages 1951 (FK3/23) Stradbroke Baptist Church: minutes 1817-1977, minutes 1987-1993 (closed until 2032), chapel accounts 1912-1949, treasurer's receipts and payments book 1950-1960, weekly offering account 1895-1914, list of church members 1867-1896, register of members 1912-

10 2002, women's fellowship attendance register 1979-1995, women's fellowship annual reports 1984-1995 (closed until 2032), deed of appointment of new trustees 1866, papers re fabric 1939-1955 (FK2/9) Westleton Methodist Chapel: collection journal and society stewards’ record 1963-1969, correspondence 1967-1971, trustees account book 1848-1971, the quarterly guide of the East Suffolk Circuit 1962-1963 (FK1/1) Woodbridge Salvation Army: Woodbridge Corps Junior Soldier's Roll 1971-1995 (FK7) Woodbridge Salvation Army: photocopy of tribute to B Crane, band-master of the Salvation Army, Woodbridge Corps c1918 (P685)

CHARITIES

Burstall Memorial Hall: committee minutes 1957-1959 (GB426) Village Hall Committee: minutes 1960-1989, village hall deeds 1947 and 1970, Charity Commissioners' Scheme 2003, village hall plans and papers c 1990 (GB445) Holton United Charities: account book 1908-1918 (includes church tower repair fund) and minute and account book 1914-1991 (GB447) Ipswich Lawrence-Kerrington Charity: minutes 1911-2001, treasurers records, 1975-2002, correspondence concerning winding up of charity 1997-2002 (GA406) Reading Room and Caretaker's House Charity: photographs of building plaques, Sproughton Village Club and Reading Room bank book 1945-1975, treasurer's account book 1950-1975, Reading Room minutes 1889-1917 with subscriptions in the back 1890-1903, minutes 1922-1976, correspondence files including invoices 1957-1988 (GB443) Suffolk Acre: Bentwaters file pre June 1995 (GB444)

SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS

Allenby Club, Felixstowe: minutes 1966-1993, members lists 1979-1993, account books 1963-1993 (GC637) Bramford Women's Institute: general meeting minutes 1980-1991 (includes some photographs), committee minutes1986-1991 (GH436) Bowls Club: minutes and accounts 1921-57, insurance policies 1925 (GC631) Community Council: minutes of Community Council 1965-1971 and Village Hall Management Committee 1971-1995 (GC643) Capel St Mary Women's Institute: monthly meetings 1974-2002, committee minutes 1976- 2000, attendance registers 1977-1984 (GH463) Women's Institute: Millennium Challenge landscape record 1999-2001 (GH614) Deben Youth Enterprises: minute book 1978-1985 (HD2067) Felixstowe and District Philatelic Society: attendance book 1971-1982, minute books 1960-1980, Society rules 1963-1978, ME Robinson trophy competition rules, accounts 1976- 1982, programme for 1979/80, binder with press cuttings (GC644) Felixstowe and District Scout Association: minutes and census and registration forms for the Felixstowe Boy Scout Group 1917-1997 (GC646) Framlingham and District Branch, Royal National Lifeboat Institution: correspondence 1987-1995, statements of accounts 1987-1998, cashbook 1976-1996 (GC638) Framlingham Twinning Association: correspondence, notices of meetings 1990-2002, papers, correspondence, circulars 1980-2001, French and German newspapers and copy of Framlingham and Eye Mercury 1978, rules nd, minutes 1986-1996, correspondence and annual meeting minutes 1987-1996, membership list; newscuttings book 1973-1985 including photographs, programmes for various events, photograph of the Market Hill taken from the church tower nd (GC633) , Burgh and Women's Institute: committee minutes 1919-1990, meeting minutes 1924-1974, County Newsletters 1963-1981, press cuttings 1976-1983, Hall fund accounts 1923-1967, annual statements 1957-1969, accounts 1919-1987, WI press correspondent's pads 1960s and 1970s, 25th anniversary poster 1944, information about

11 Golden and Diamond Jubilee parties 1969 and 1979, framed prize certificate for the Grundisburgh Guide 1990, Millennium Photographic Record 2000 (GH23) Ipswich Blind Society: AGM minutes 1988-1997, management committee minutes 1995- 2000, home committee minutes 1994-2002, finance committee minutes 1995-2001 (GC29) Ipswich Chess Club: files of results 1988-1991, Suffolk ratings lists 1988-1996; Suffolk Chess Journal 1996-1998, files about the junior badge scheme, information about Suffolk Junior Chess, Ipswich and Stowmarket Chess Clubs and Ipswich Prep/school chess squad 1989-1994, local presscuttings 1988-1994 (GC626) Ipswich Cycle Campaign: minutes of meetings 1995-2002, STEER Newsletters; presscuttings, correspondence, Ipswich Cyclist Newsletter c1995-2002 (HD2083) Ipswich Engineering Society: minutes 1925-1995, membership lists 1993-96, Corporate Membership correspondence 1994-6, correspondence 1994-5, annual dinner 1994-1995 (GC636) Ipswich Golf Club: minutes of the General Committee 1993-2000 (GC485) Ipswich Branch National Dairymen's Association: minutes of meetings 1949-1951 (HD2095) Ipswich St Luke's Lodge, Freemasons: minutes1990- 2001, Signature Book 1990-2000 (GC611) Ipswich and Suffolk Indian Association: minutes 2002-2003, photos and posters 2003 (GC427) Kirton and Women’s Institute: Monthly Meeting minutes 1956-1998, Committee minutes 1921-1929 (GH608) Martlesham Women's Institute: committee minutes 1970-1992, record books 1973-1989, Millennium record 2000, scrapbook 1946-1965, folder of certificates, newscuttings and photographs 1965-1995, diary including newscuttings 1970-1982, press report carbon books 1973-1981, register 1973-1994 (GH447) Society: correspondence 1966-1999, minutes 1966-1997 (GC632) Needham Market Women's Institute: Millennium Challenge landscape record, attendance registers 1991and 1993, record books of monthly meetings 1973-1998, committee minutes 1972-2000 (GH1) Orwell Astronomical Society: photograph of portrait of Col. George Tomline n.d (GC14) Preservation Society: minutes 1964-1997, files re planning applications 1993- 2003, correspondence files 1972-2003, correspondence re houseboats 1987-1991 (with some photos), membership list 1996, file of correspondence and papers re wiring project 1993-1994 (GC639) Royal British Legion (Women's Section): account ledgers and minute books from Suffolk branches c1930-1999 (GC635) Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association: minutes of Ipswich division 1947- 1957, annual reports and accounts 1965-1989, caution lists 1965-1986 [confidential], day books 1987-1999, case register 1973-1980, receipts and disbursements book 1974-1988 (GC645) Stowupland Community Council: Stowupland Village Hall Management Committee/Community Council minute books 1946-1993. (GC630) Suffolk Association of Local Councils: parish files 1947-1998, executive papers and accounts c1989-c1993 (GC634) Ufford Women's Institute: Millennium record, programme of events and CD ROM 2000 (GH18) Women's Institute: committee minutes 1978-1999, record books of monthly meetings 1977-1994, copies of financial statements 1977-1979, audio tapes of WI Golden Jubilee birthday party 1974, audio tape of talk re 1st 25 years 1924-1949 (1969), slides of WI Mannequin Parade 1919-1969 (GH459) Seniors Club: minutes 1987-2002, register of members 1987-1998, correspondence 1998-2002 (GC628) Witnesham Village Hall: minutes 1990-1998, specification of work, grant applications and correspondence relating to open day 1995-1996 (GC629)

12 Women's Royal Voluntary Service: Surbiton Road family centre correspondence file 1995- 2000 (GC490)

FAMILY AND PERSONAL See also BUSINESS

Alexander family: copies of Quaker birth and death certificates, wills, correspondence and business papers relating to the Alexander family and bundle of deeds for Little Roundwood, Ipswich 17 th-19th cent (P687) Barony of Burgh: papers disputing the Barony of Burgh, Fysh Coppinger family, including pedigrees 1615-1823 (HD2242) Berners family: manuscript book concerning the origins of the name de Berners, apparently written by Edward Gwyn nd [17th cent] (HD2205) Cobbold family research papers: material for research into the Cobbold family 1980-1996 (HD2231) Cross family of : genealogical information including typescript notes on the descendants of Robert Wright, John Courtnell, Charles Howard and Robert Spore and some photographs of Cross family members dated c 1900 (HD2085) Felgate family: pedigrees, copies of wills and family history notes 1593-1978 (HD2092) William Stevenson Fitch: volume of autograph letters etc addressed to and collected by William Stevenson Fitch of Ipswich c1769-c1883 (HD2217) Holt Wilson family: Redgrave account books 1962-1966, Buckenham Estate account1930- 1948 (also contains the private household accounts of Peter Holt-Wilson, 1959-1967), land agent or estate manager's notebook, inscribed I H S Horsfall 1907, including plans and specifications of cottages at St Michael and 1901-1966 (HA240) The Lewcock Collection: Ipswich memorabilia and notes compiled and collected by Edward Hussey Lewcock including notes on Ipswich street names 1960, four volumes of photographs of Ipswich streets and buildings c1960-1970, 19th cent postcards of Ipswich, photographs of Ipswich scenes including flooding 1935-1939 and the Wet Dock c 1947-1984, Lewcock, Closson and Widgery family photographs; local ephemera 1911-1974, copies of local newspapers 1780-1857, soldier's service pay book 1943-1946 for Noelle Margaret Summers, later wife of Edward Lewcock; scrapbooks and volumes of newscuttings 1932- 1988 (HA433) Marriage settlements: marriage settlement of Geoffrey Fynese Holloway of and Alice Maud Remnant with subsequent deed 1891-1927, marriage settlement of Francis William Whitbourne Morgan of Lowestoft and Marian Amy Oliver, with associated papers 1897-1937 (HB31) Marriage settlement and conveyance: marriage settlement of Robert Lawton of Orford and Lucy Blois of Grundisburgh 1764, conveyance of tithes of a farm in Sibton and Peasenhall 1801 (HB443) Rous family: designs for the fresco-secco paintings at Henham Stable Block by David Killick 1992, family photographs including of the 2nd Earl 19th cent to 1999, postcards of Mount Fyans, Australian Census form for the family 2001 (HA11) The Soni family of Ipswich: folder of family papers and 2 family trees 1994-2002, children's school reports, papers re schooling and articles by them in school magazines, booklets, notes and newspaper cuttings on Kashmir 1990-1991 used in presentations and papers by Dr Soni on the Kashmir dispute 1990s ( No public access until 2027 except for family members) (HA432)

ESTATE AND MANORIAL See also FAMILY AND PERSONAL and DEEDS

Cross, Ram and Co: estate papers for Lord Huntingfield; James Grinling Cooper, Walberswick; Mrs. Cooper's Trust 1859 – 1886; Read Laxfield estate 1630-1917; Collett: farm at Redham; George Calver of Widford, Essex later Walpole; Earl of Guildford’s estate at Glemham; manor of Huntingfield: copies of court roll etc c1844-1914 (HB26)

13 Lowdham Hall: account book of Capt D G Wigan 1926-1929; papers relating to sale of the Lowdham Hall estate in 1919 and the manor of Ufford with members in 1922 (HD2214) Manor of Sackvills: admission of D M Barker to premises in Debenham 1859 (HD2234) Manor of Walberswick: surrender out of court for the manor of Blythburgh with Walberswick 1718 and letter re admission 1760 (HD2245) Miscellaneous estate and day books: Rendlesham estate book 1873-1902 and day book 1876-1892, Hall Farm day book 1898-1936, Dallinghoo threshing contractor's rough day book 1933-1935 1873-1936 (HD2235)

BUSINESS

H Bowell and Son, Ipswich, bellfounders: family and business papers: photographs c1905-1940s, business stationery and correspondence 1923-1947, publicity material 1907- 1934, papers re premises 1905-c1950, historical notes on the Bowell family and firm including cuttings, booklets and articles c1938-c1971, financial records 1912-1941, working notebooks and records c1900-1974, papers for individual jobs in UK and India c1888-1950s, cuttings etc re bells and bellfounding 1883-1960s and printed items relating to bell-ringing, ringing outings and ringers 1871-c1960 (HC470) Business, insurance and farm records: private business ledger for Leonard A Hempson 1913-1938, ledger including details of commission, trade expenses, rents and repairs, interest accounts 1894-1895 and private business account 1895-1908 (for G A Hempson), volume of copies of insurance policies for addresses in Suffolk, many of them farms, 1928- 1962, Hall Farm account book 1928-1930 (HD2243) William Brown and Sons: plan of premises at Handford Road, Ipswich 1976, photographs of buildings constructed by William Brown's nd, report on Baltic Quay Mistley 1929, photographs of William Brown's works nd and Baltic Quay Mistley 1973 (HD2226) Capel Contracting Services Ltd: papers re Bentley Station 1970-1985, papers re anniversary dinner 1990 and programme for anniversary dinner 1994, correspondence re appointments 1982-1986, newscuttings, photographs and publicity material, papers re purchase of trucks, schedules for journeys 1969, salary information, site plans, general correspondence 1991-1994, correspondence re premises 1984-1992 (HC472) Capel Grove Fruit Farm Ltd Capel St Mary: account books 1948-1977, wages books 1979- 1991, book of delivery notes 1992-1993, files of invoices 1989-1992, fruit sales advice notes 1976-1977 (HC469) Fenn Wright, Ipswich, estate agents: sale particulars of other agents 1914-1965 (HE402) Everitt and Sons, Colchester: plans, mainly 1930s, including Higham Church, estimate for construction of New Petty Officers Quarters at Ganges, Giffords Halls, Works (British Xylonite Co.Ltd.), Red Lion, Colchester 1930s (HD2207) Josselyn's Notaries: general ledgers 1915 –1950, cash journals 1910-1947, ledger 1905- 1909, private ledger 1910-1967, expenses books 1929-1944, bill books 1942-1952, wages book 1961-1964, Dindings rubber estates register of directors and managers 1929-1954, Dindings rubber estates reports and statements of accounts 1920-1968 (HB9) Unidentified builder: daybook 1870-1874 and indexed account book 1869 (HD2094) Martin and Newby's: deeds of premises in Fore Street, Ipswich 1690-1897 (HC473) Ransomes and Rapier plc: details of orders books 1899-1965 (HC427) Ransome and Rapier and W and A J Turner: Ransome and Rapier long service certificate, presentation copy of 'Eighty Years of Enterprise', photographs of employers and the works and newscuttings; W and A J Turner costs of tanning book 1981-1936, photograph of page from account book kept by Thomas Turner 1717 (HD2230) Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies: copy of late 19th cent photograph of men from the fitting shop with related newspaper 2002 (P681) Noel J G Stow, apprentice at Smalleys Chemists, Ipswich: typescript account of his apprenticeship in 1944-1947 (HC450) William Turner (Drapers) of Stowmarket: records including Stowmarket Parish Magazine 1906-1910, account book 1837-1886, ledgers 1917-1957, letter book 1906-1913 (HC471)

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DEEDS

Brundish: Sunnyside, including plan of estates in Brundish, Wilby and Denham 1866 and sale particulars 1875 (HD2222) Burgh: Thistleton Hall (HD2213) Buxhall, Stowupland and Creeting St Peter: freehold and copyhold property in Buxhall 1702 –1899, sale documents for Sheepcote Hall Farm in Stowupland (including sale of farm implements and machinery and sale catalogues for Hollybush Farm and Cockerells Hall Farm Buxhall 1913 –1974), Flint Hall in Creeting St Peter 1944 (HD2220) : copies of court roll for the manor of Cratfield 1409-1529 and membrane from court roll 1377-1378 with transcription/translations (HD1608) Eye: the Maltings and Station Yard, including abstract of title 1939, sale catalogues for the Brome Hall Estate 1924 and 1953 and properties in Eye 1922 (HB112) Framlingham and area: property 17th-19th cent (HB458) Framlingham: property 1730-1899 (HD2091) Ipswich: 19 Melville Road 1904-1987 (HD2240); property in Church Lane 1690-1846 (HD2090); messuage and tenement in Dalton Road William 1875 (HD2239) Ipswich and Eye: premises in Chancery Road and Russell Road Ipswich 1889-1902, Eye Brewery (closed 1889), agreements between Ind Coope and Tolly Cobbold and Adnams 1950s and 1960s (HD2201) Lowestoft, Barningham, Hinderclay, Thrandeston, Peasenhall, Rickinghall Superior and Yaxley: Rix-Blakely family properties (five with plans) 1804-1886 (HD2088) Needham Market: 108 High Street 1721-1923, rental of 1538/9 (HD2206) Peasenhall: property 1879 (HD2098) , Henley and Hemingstone: property 1719-1816 (HD2241) Ringshall, Mendlesham, Ipswich, Bacton and Stowmarket: properties 19th -20th cent (HB452) Snape: Old Mill 1797-1968 (HD2216) Stratford St Mary: grave reservation certificate, Stratford St Mary 1933, handwritten sale particulars for freehold cottage nd, invoice for taking sales particulars for cottages 1938, copy of will of Edward Barnard of Tunbridge Wells 1861 proved 1869 (HD2089) Various parishes: properties in Fressingfield, Woodbridge, , , Barham, Wiston, Debenham, Bramfield, , Bacton, Sternfield, Mendham and Mendlesham 1679-1858 (HD1608) Westhorpe: deeds and papers to St Elena, formerly 'Newe Bungalow' part of Rookery Farm, 1906-1987 (HD2081) Westhorpe and Wyverstone: copyhold lands 1793-1841 (HD2210) Woodbridge: house and land in Victoria Road 1868-1890 (HD2228)

MAPS AND PLANS

River Alde: River Alde by Ananias Appleton (facsimile of the original map of 1588 made c 1792) (EE1) Melton: estate (by Isaac Johnson) 1824 (HD2079)

PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS see also MISCELLANEOUS

Estate of Muriel Naomi Arnold: members of the Burton family of Burstall near Ipswich including Rookwood in , interiors and exteriors of an unidentified house, Lady Burton and members of the WI at Burstall Cottage 1926, some of Sir William's yachts and photographs of The Cottage at Burstall where Sir William and Lady Burton lived c1930 (K679) The Aubrey Frost Collection: 257 black and white photographs of Suffolk including negatives 1950-1963 (K678)

15 Cotton Millennium: CD ROMs showing each house in the parish 2000 (K680) Emergency Planning: Suffolk County Council Emergency Planning Centre, Ipswich 1972- 1995, emergency exercises at Bildeston and 1959-1969, unveiling of Royal Observer Corps plaque at County Hall 1992 (K686) church and village: glass-plate negatives and prints 1931 (JI20) Ipswich: Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Ipswich 1956 (K683) Ipswich and Felixstowe: 178 photographs c 1900 - c 1960 (K684) Jarrold archive: glass plate negatives covering the whole of the county with some film negatives early 20th cent. (JI19) B Power Station: photograph commemorating the construction of the Power Station 1992 (K685) Suffolk Photographic Survey: photograph of bridal fashions, modelled by Footmans staff, outside Christchurch Mansion 1930s, three postcards of the Bartlet Convalescent home at Felixstowe c 1950 (K681)

MISCELLANEOUS

The 'Antients' in Suffolk (1803-2002): working notes on and copy of the publication by R V Parsons published 2002 (HD2219) Blything Union: printed account of the parish charities and trust funds within Blything Union 1838 (HD2209) Bond and sermon: bond between Thomas and Martha Redgrave, of Woodbridge and Joseph Pryor of Colchester 1670, ms sermon preached at Rendlesham in 1852, by Rev Samuel Hobson (HD2244) Book of Broome: microfilm copy of 14th cent Medieval Mystery Play (J483) Campsea Ashe: sale catalogue for the contents of High House 1949 (HD2236) Claydon: ARP warden's notebook and some loose papers 1939-1945 (HD2232) Claydon: abstracts of title Claydon Hall Farm 1919 and lands held of the Manor of Claydon Hall 1854-1931, photocopy of conveyance of land at Claydon 1943, 'Elegy' re Claydon Old Rectory 1982 and letter to Mr Atkin concerning tree planting 1983 both by Sir Laurence Grafftey-Smith (HD2203) Claydon Local History Recorder: Claydon and District Cricket Club minutes 1892-1924, Claydon Institute Account Book 1953-1987, Claydon and Barham Village Hall Management Committee minutes 1971-1991 (HD2096) Local History Recorder: file of information about East Bergholt estate agents 1994-1997, files of newscuttings photographs, programmes, booklets etc on all aspects of local life 1994-1997, East Bergholt United Services minute book 1944 with correspondence 1945-1951, East Bergholt National School minute book 1892-1919 East Bergholt School Minute Book 1903-1974, 'Stour House a History' by Sara Van Loock and Peter Bushell 1994, 'A Talk Given by Horace Buxall' transcript and photographs c2002 (HD1875) Felixstowe Central Junior School and County Secondary School: 24 exercise books, mainly history 1931-1939 (HD2024) Fire Watching, Ipswich: typed rota of fire watching on Warren Heath Road and Avenue and Road east and west 1941 (HD2200) Ipswich Central Boys School and 9th Suffolk Home Guard: photograph of the teachers and pupils of the Central Boys School, Ipswich 1927, 'The Ninth Post' Journal of the 9th Suffolk Home Guard 1941, Home Guard material including photos 1941 (HD2087) Ipswich Corporation Waterworks: letters addressed to CWS Oldham, engineer and manager of Ipswich Corporation Waterworks c1900-1912 (HD2015) Ipswich Raeburn Road Day Nursery: scrapbook of photographs of children at the nursery 1947-1981; teaching aids dating from the 1960s and 1970s (HD2204) Ipswich South Eastern Girls School, Road: artwork, examination papers, reports 1935 and 1937, exercise books for mathematics, literature, composition, geography, letter writing, arithmetic, music and history of Jean Bailey while at the School, photograph of Jean Bailey 1939, with biographical notes (HD2080)

16 Ipswich Theatre: programmes, posters and stage plans for productions 1949-1979 and 'Proscenium', the magazine of the Ipswich Arts Theatre Guild 1950-1954 (HD2229) Miscellaneous: National Service Grade Card for Charles Sydney Wilmot 1941, National Registration Identity Card for Charles S Wilmot, 54 Conden Road, Ipswich1951 (HD2082) Miscellaneous: Ipswich Education Committee Certificate given to Dorothy Stokes 1919, copy of will and estate account of Doris Minna Rebecca Farthing of Woodbridge 1994 (HD2093) Miscellaneous: account book apparently for sports equipment including shooting c 1907- c1923, photographs of staff and pupils of Ipswich Municipal Secondary school 1928, Grenville House Ipswich Municipal Secondary school 1925 and one class from Ipswich Municipal Secondary school 1924, copy of the Finningham parochial assessment 1838, sale catalogues for the Melton Farm 1873, The Chantry Estate (with plan) 1902 and Batts Farm 1917, ESCC election leaflet for labour candidate 1934 (HD2238) Miscellaneous: tracing plan of Yoxford burial ground 1938, sale book for live and dead farm stock of H A Aldrich of Bramfield 1925, photographs of Peasenhall and surrounding area c1900-1938 (HD2211) Miscellaneous: original drawings of pubs, hotels and cottages, documents relating to the estate of John Spurling, 3 account ledgers from Tolly Cobbold 20th cent, Suffolk/Kent deeds 19th-20th cent (HD2212) Rose Rattle: photocopies of the enrolment papers for Miss Rattle's war service in the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, including reference from her previous employer Reavell's and Co 1918-1919 (P684) John Mead: further research notes on the swing disturbances of 1830-1831 and the Tithe Wars 1980s (HD2086) Reunion of local residents Ipswich: visitors’ book for reunion of local residents of an area of Ipswich bulldozed in the late 1950s to make way for a civic building programme (HD2221) Suffolk Home Guard: history of the 11th Suffolk Home Guard 1945 (HD2097) Suffolk inns: photocopies of TNA Refs WO30/48, 49 and 50 1571-1756 (P680) Local History Recorder: press cuttings, photographs and ephemera relating to the Recorder's Annual Report 2000 - 2001 (HD2078) Tunstall: pamphlet giving advice on the arrangements before and after a possible invasion of Tunstall c1939-1945 (HD2083) James Meen: copy of the will of James Meen of Weybread 1712 (HD2202) John Blaine: copy of an office copy of the will of John Blaine of Ipswich 1769 and 1773 (HD2225) Wills and administrations: 30 probate copies of wills (1880-1900) and 11 administrations (1881-1897) proved at the Ipswich Probate Registry (HD2218) William Batley: 'The Life and Poems of William Batley, Town Clerk of Ipswich’, 40 pieces of manuscript and prints 19th cent (HD2099)

LOWESTOFT BRANCH

OFFICIAL

Borough of Lowestoft: Lowestoft Water, Gas, and Market Act 1853 (01)

LOCAL PUBLIC

Registry of Shipping and Seamen: registers of fishing boats (1919)-c1947-1989 (25) Howlett Reports on War Department lands: reports on title to South, Cliff and Beach Batteries in Lowestoft, including plans by Samuel B Howlett 1863 (1478) and Waveney Community Health Council: minutes of public meetings 1974-2003, signed minutes 1997-2003, committee minutes 1987-2003; Consultations and surveys: Community hospitals South Waveney 1996, Provision of elderly care in Waveney 1995, Learning disabilities 1997-2000, Review of CHCs 1996, The patient's agenda 1996, Vulnerable adults at risk 1992, Tackling drugs together 1995, Professional involvement in

17 health authority work and CHCs 1995, Out patient survey 1992, Report on survey of carers and relatives of elderly patients 1995, Health education project for young people 1995, Quality of nursing care and hotel services project 1997, Survey of Great Yarmouth Area Parish Councils re health 1995, Survey of audiology 1995, Survey of supply of continence service 1996, launch of Great Yarmouth office project 2000, directory of community health service for Great Yarmouth and Waveney 1999, Local Voices 1995, Healthy Great Yarmouth project 2000, Healthy 1998, Rheumatology project 1996, report on survey of Waveney Parish Councils 1995-1996, report on survey on carers and relatives of elderly patients, learning disability survey 1996, quality of nursing care and hotel services survey 1999; annual reports 1975-2003, photograph album '25 Years 1974-1999', leaflets '29 Years', ‘Gazette' 2000-2003, press cuttings 1995-2003; Anglian Harbours NHS Trust disestablishment 1974-2003 (1530)

SCHOOLS

Lothingland Modern School: governors' minutes 1959-1974 (618) Modern School: governors' minutes 1962-1974 (427) Suffolk County Council Education Department Northern Area: governors' and managers' minutes of schools within area 1993-2001 (618)

PARISHES

Flixton St Mary: terrier 1894, and modern transcript c2003 (122) with South Cove: notice of vacancy 1945, papers relating to Frostenden Church Land Charity scheme 1955-1957, registered copy writ of sequestration 1974, notice of pastoral scheme creating benefice of Wrentham with Benacre, , Frostenden and South Cove 1975 (123) Reydon: register of baptisms 1904-1962, PCC and Vestry minute book 1969-1982, registers of services 1976-1982, 1995-2000, church hall account book 1976-1988, Quinquennial Reports and related papers 1980-1991, glebe papers 1978-1987, papers relating to tithe, fabric, furniture, churchyard, glebe, parish offices 1895-1989, faculties and related papers 1969-1999, reservation of grave space 1995 (139) : register of marriages 1837-1995 (144) South Elmham St Margaret: register of baptisms 1813-1996 (150) South Elmham St Cross: order of service for works completed at St George's Church 2003 (148) South Elmham St Peter: register containing burials in woollen 1678/9-1763, births 1695- 1706, baptisms 1736-1763, marriages 1695/6-1704, 1736-1753, burials 1695-1706, briefs 1706-1716 (152) : PCC minutes 1970-1989 registers of services 1966-1994, register of marriages 1837-2002, marriage licences 1833-1887, sequestration orders 1948, 1957, acknowledgments from Buckingham Palace and Home Office of loyal address on the death of King George V 1936 (158) Wissett: tithe map and apportionment 1839-1841, altered apportionment including plan 1899, working papers 1840-1845 (166)

NONCONFORMIST

Beccles Congregational Church: register of baptisms (1773-) 1836-1983, deed 1819, Congregational Church Friendship Club minutes 1959-1977 (229) Lowestoft Congregational Churches: plans of London Road Congregational Church 1947, plan of South Cliff Congregational Church 1969 (1455) Lowestoft and East Suffolk Circuit of the Methodist Church: Primitive Methodist Circuit: photocopy preachers' plans (6 items) 1842-1853; Lowestoft Circuit: Circuit plans 1946-1962; Lowestoft and East Suffolk Circuit: copy Circuit Meeting minutes1990, Division of Social Responsibility minutes 1978-1994, Division of Social

18 Responsibility Circuit Committee minutes and paper c1980-1991, Circuit Property Committee copy minutes 1984-1987, correspondence etc 1978-1982, Circuit Stewards' file c1982-1988, circuit plans 1973-1996, 1998; High Street, Lowestoft, later Trinity: Leaders' minutes etc 1952-1973, Church Council copy minutes 1986, opening of Trinity Church correspondence and memorabilia 1968-1970; Hulver: Trust minutes 1933-1995, 1999, Leaders' minutes 1953-1974, register containing baptisms for Methodist Church 1959-1963 and Hulver 1993-1998, collection journal 1979-1999, notices 1960-1999, file c1952-1998 including photographs, trust papers 1994- 1998, architect's plans c1952, stonelaying for schoolroom 1952, etc; brass memorial plaque c1953; : property accounts c1976-c1985; : correspondence about sale of Prospect Place chapel 1980-1982, Methodist-United Reformed Church Union Scheme 1976-1981, Local Churches' Covenant papers 1992-1993 with draft scheme of union, nd, and photocopy agreement for joint use of Leiston United Reformed Church 1982, shared agreement scheme 1971-1985, building project 1994-1995, building scheme 1995-1996, 'History of Methodist Chapel, Leiston' and 'Pen Pictures of Notables' by W T Levett:, 'A Brief History of Leiston Congregational Church' by J Smith (photocopy), photographs (relating to Leiston Congregational Church?), nd (late 19th – mid 20th cents); Lorne Park Road (Kirkley) Wesleyan, later South Lowestoft: treasurer's book 1901-1952, Guild register 1952-1963, pulpit notices 1944-1945, Society account book 1958-1976, collection journal 1967-1979, 25th anniversary brochure 1988; Oulton Corner: Leaders' minutes etc 1971-1983, trust accounts 1971-1984, treasurer's book 1901-1970, collection journal 1973-1985, notices 1970s; Wangford: chapel site and burial ground papers (1842-) 1901-1999 (1531) Wesley Historical Society, East Anglia District: Wangford Primitive Methodist Circuit: photocopy of preachers' plan (1838), 2003, Lowestoft and East Suffolk Methodist Circuit: quarterly plans Feb-Apr 1988, May-Jul 1989 (1502)

CHARITIES

Elizabeth Merry Foundation Trust: copy deed of endowment (1825), Board of Education scheme 1905 with correspondence 1903-1905, Charity Commission order 1906, minutes 1906-1998, correspondence 1905-1998; financial papers 1906-1996, exhibition: draft circular 1908, school reports 1916-1941, receipts and paid cheques for school fees 1926-1945, printed items nd; Charity School: trustees' and churchwardens' minutes 1897, ratepayers' minutes 1898, managers' minutes 1905-1909, copy letters 1905-1909 with (loose) schedule of documents 1915 etc, bank book 1870-1905 with list of documents nd [c1906], Board of Education return and claim 1907-1909 (1516)

SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS

Beccles Regatta Committee: AGM minutes 1956-1972, committee minutes 1963-1970, ordinary meeting minutes 1970-1973 (1470) Mencap: Lowestoft and District Society: minutes 1967-1984; minutes and other papers 1985-1992, photographs and newspaper cuttings 1962-1992, printed year-books 1982- 1994/5, 'Local Society Handbook' 1983, interviews with Lilian and Roy Fisher, Nan and Dick Margetts, and Diana Shipp 2000-2001 (1474) Round Tower Churches Society: Round Tower Churches Society magazine vols XXIV - XXIX; revised index to magazines; miscellaneous items 1996-2002 (932) Lowestoft and District Library Users' Group: bank statements 1999, 2001 (1514)

ESTATE AND MANORIAL

Robinson Estates in Beccles and elsewhere: will of F W D Robinson proved 1930, and other papers 1891-1945 (1271)

19 Stather-Hunt papers: manuscript 'magazine' of stories and illustrations 1906, file of photographs, printed souvenirs and typed and printed memorabilia c1939-c1953, photograph album of travels in Canada and sea voyage nd [c1939], photographic prints and film negatives 1906, mid-20th century, school reports of Gay and David Hunt 1921, photographs [1980s], press-cutting 1957 (648) Adair family and estate: settlement papers: will of William Adair 1782, marriage settlement of William [Hugh] Adair 1784, and appointment 1801, proposal for resettlement of estates of Sir Robert Shafto Adair 1857, release to trustees of will of Robert Adair esq 1864, release 1870 under the will of Jemima Sarah Blackwood, enclosing will 1869 and related papers 1869-1885, epitome of will of Sir Robert Shafto Adair c1868; estate papers: schedule of deeds 1788, list of parish trusts c1807, copy terrier of Southelmham St Cross 1813, case concerning rents 1823, liability to repair a gate in Southelmham 1823, bill for legal expenses 1834-1836, building and other accounts 1833-1854, proposed canal, road and harbour works early-mid 19th century, , Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway 1850-1858, railway acts 1851-1859, plans of Flixton Hall 1752, estate map c1930; antiquarian materials: sketch of priory chapel 1781, copies of deeds (1 Ed II - 1356) [late 18th cent], conveyance of land in Flixton 1635, 2 final concords 1652/3, annotated particulars for sale at Dallistons, Flixton 1838, copy opinion concerning annuity to 'a papish priest' 1753, memorandum on Southelmham Hall [18th cent], manor of Southelmham copy decree (1606) c1850, typed notes on Flixton (741) Leman family: abstract of title to Brampton Hall estate (1869)-1908, typescript notes on Sir John Leman and Leman School nd [mid-20th cent] (1546) E A Goodwyn: literary papers, notes and photocopies: 'Bungay in the C18', 'Augustus Jessop' including 19th cent manuscript letter, 'Various' [schools] c1982, 'Miscellaneous', 'Gainsborough' c 1976-1991, 'The Village pauper' by G Fulcher 1972-1992, 'M Betham Edwards' c1986, 'James Blyth' c1975, 'Mary Mann, novelist' including 19th cent photographs c1991-1993, 'Newspaper verse', 'Agnes Strickland’, 'East Anglian market towns', 'Reserve selection...', Anglian literature: photocopies II', 'East Anglian literature: various', 'East Anglian verse (additional)' ; Printed material: Beccles and District Arts Society posters and programmes c1976-c1989, Beccles Society c1987-1993, Beccles and District Museum papers 1993-1994 (1520)

BUSINESS

Darby Bros, later Darby and Moyse, smiths and engineers: account books 1912- 1923,plans, specifications, correspondence c1937-c1963 (1459) Plans of railway premises: GER definition of boundary at (1922), Brampton Crossing cottage (1953), alterations, Beccles Station (nd) 1922, 1953, nd (1481) Bungay Earsham and Harleston Mills: ledgers 1875-c1884, 1905-c1909, small account books 1909-1915, cash books 1898-1913, account books, ?Harleston mill 1899-1913, receipt stubs 1912-1914, journal 1906-1907, day books 1871-1896, The Miller 1883-1909 (623) Zephyr Cams Ltd and associated firms: Zephyr Cams Ltd: register of members and share ledger 1960-1988 including (loose) certificate of incorporation 1960, directors' minutes 1962- 1984, management meeting minutes 1976-1987, share certificates 1960-1988, shares in Diligent Engineers 1962, company handbook 1995, pay records c1973-1998, SSP 1997/8- 1999/2000; Quality Engine Parts Ltd: share certificates 1996-c1997, Camshafts Ltd: minutes 1988-1992, Caltech (Lowestoft) Ltd: minutes 1982-1992; Zephyr Cams Ltd, Superfine, Caltech (Lowestoft) Ltd: holiday pay records 1960-1996, accident and factory registers for Zephyr Cams Ltd and Supersine Co Ltd: 1962-1995, photographs; photocopies of magazine articles, reprint of 'Lowestoft Journal' supplement 1975, cine films (1507) J W Leggett Ltd, Beccles, Engineers and Haulage: cattle moving: customer ledgers 1947- 1966, day books 1965-1966, furniture [removal] ledger 1964-1966, wages books 1952-1962, purchase of hay, straw, mangels c1946-c1974, customer ledger (beet and pulp) 1972-1973, motor vehicle maintenance ledger 1947-c1955, papers 1945-1970, printed and publicity material including photographs, samples of firm's stationery, printers' blocks, proofs and plates (1510)

20 Unidentified solicitor: firm's papers: 'probate index' listing wills 1779-1971, nd [20th century], 'register of wills' 1893-1948 nd [20th century], clients' papers: wills, deeds etc c1901- c1971 (1503)

DEEDS

Beccles: 35, 37 and 39 Blyburgate Street 1797-1930; manor of Rosehall and Ashmans 1856 (1522) Beccles and Benacre: mortgage of premises in Benacre 1702/3; Buck family of Beccles: testamentary affairs 1775-1889 (1500) Herringfleet: premises 1639/40 (1483) Kessingland: House, 21 Church Rd 1862-1997 (1541) Lowestoft: Mill House 1904-1945 (1454); land in Beccles Road (1727-) 1812-1912 (1480); 7 Norwich Road1932-1993 (1499) : premises 1822 (1501) Wangford: site of cottage 1895 (1479) Various parishes: Grove Estate, Lowestoft 1885-1896, sundry premises in Beccles, Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth and elsewhere 1820-1878 (1477)

PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS see also FAMILY, NONCONFORMIST, BUSINESS and MISCELLANEOUS

Covehithe: colour print of church 2003 (1300) Lowestoft: black-and-white photographs of Kensington Gardens, Sparrow's Nest, and sea front 1928 (1466) Lowestoft and Suffolk Fire Service: fires, personnel, vehicles and premises 1970s (1473) Lowestoft and : slides of Lowestoft 1961 and Southwold 1963 (1487) Lowestoft: streets, shops and South Pier (22 photographs); scores (14 photographs) c1969, 2003 (1504) Lowestoft: excavations at china factory c1902 (1300) Southwold: sailing boats on beach early 20th cent (1471) Hilda Chudleigh: photographs taken by Hilda Chudleigh when teaching at Lowestoft Secondary School c1931-c1936 (1536)

MISCELLANEOUS

Papers of Mr Frank Guyton: General Nursing Council certificate of enrolment 1967, copy references 1975, and related papers, nursing notes nd; 'Manual for mental deficiency nurses' 1931 (1475) Copy of hiring agreement of fishing smack 'Flower of Devon' LT302: agreement 12 June 1918 between Harry Painter of Lowestoft (owner) and Walter Shipp of Lowestoft and William Hutchings of Lowestoft (hirers) [1918] (1458) Corton War Memorial: photographs, notes, photocopies and press-cuttings concerning dedication of plaque 2002 (1445) Holton Local History Recorder: printed material, press-cuttings, photographs etc c1995- 2002 (1464) Southwold Local History Recorder: newspaper cuttings and printed memorabilia 1999- 2000, photographs, press-cutting albums, printed items, copies of Town Council minutes, Southwold Sailors' Reading Room Association time capsule compact disc and related material 2001-2002 (808) Plans and photographs of Lowestoft Library: 1971 (1385) Cliff Cottage, Sparrow’s Nest, Lowestoft: modern copy of black-and-white photographic print, nd [c1876]; photocopy of survey and valuation 1876 (1469) William Smith of Lowestoft: apprenticeship indenture 1915 (1489) Copy of court roll, manor of Lowestoft: admission of Abraham and Elizabeth Hawkes 1708 (1490)

21 Lang family papers: notebooks recording loans on security of houses and boats, and purchase and sale of fishing boats 1909-1920 (1339) The Paul Scriven Collection: album of press-cuttings, printed and typed items about Frostenden and South Cove Village Hall 1951-2002 (1515) Lowestoft Drama Festival: programme 1937 (1147) St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft: photographs and printed material: black-and-white photographs of church, clergy and parishioners 19th-20th centuries, press-cuttings 1970s- 1980s, parish magazines and other printed items c1938-c1975 (1528) The Percy Wright Collection: additional transcripts, notes, printed items, press-cuttings, photographs and memorabilia on Lowestoft and elsewhere c1960-c2000; census enumerator's notebook 1841, printed items 1890-c1994, bundle of notes and press-cuttings on National Graphical Association members 1990-2001 (1325) Lowestoft Secondary School: photocopy of 1924 prospectus 2004 (1147) Manor Farm, Kessingland: photocopies of contract for sale 1907 and of plan as building estate for sale in plots nd (1540) 1953 floods in Lowestoft: oral history recordings 2002 (1532) Davy manuscripts in British Library: microfilms of David Elisha Davy 'Collections for a by hundreds and parishes': Add Mss 19080-3: Vols 4-7, Blything hundred ; Add Mss 19098-9: Vols 22-23, Lothingland Hundred and Mutford hundred; Add Mss 19111- 2: Vols 35-36, Wangford hundred (1493) Archdeaconry of Suffolk: photocopies of Register Bills and Bishops' Transcripts (731) William and Agnes Robinson of Lowestoft: photocopies of marriage licence 1915, and letter 1917 concerning loss or capture at sea 1915, 1917 (1511) Dawson and Co Solicitors: sales particulars, , Holton and Wilby 1860-1865 (1543)

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